HALLOWEEN IN GERMANY

A GROWING INTEREST

• Halloween has gained much popularity in the past decade.
• Brings in an astounding 200 million euros a year.
• Third most commercialized tradition.

SÜSSES ODER SAURE

• Translates to trick or treat.
• Only in large metropolitain cities.
• Eleven days later children go door to door on St Martinstag

HALLOWEEN COSTUMES

• Becoming increasingly more popular in Germany.
• Germans indulge much more in scary costumes.
• Due to the many other opportunities throughout the year.

PUMPKIN FESTIVAL

• Carved out pumpkins on people’s doorsteps.
• Pumpkin festival in Retz, Austria near Vienna.
• Halloween parades that include floats.

REFORMATIONSTAG

• Martin Luther’s launch of the Reformation.
• Nailed ninety five theses to the catholic church in Wittenberg, Germany.
• Luther-Bonbons were created to remind Protestant children.