2nd GACC South Martinsgans Dinner

Join the GACC South for an exquisite Martinsgans holiday dinner featuring Roasted Goose. 

The Tradition of St. Martins Day and Martinsgans

St. Martins Day is named after St. Martin of Tours, who was made a saint by the Catholic Church for being a kind man who cut his cloak in half to share with a beggar during a snowstorm. According to legend, Martin was hesitant to become a bishop as an honor of his good deeds, so he hid in a stable filled with geese to escape from Church officials. Needless to say, the cackling of the geese quickly gave away his location.

Traditionally, this dinner takes place on the 11th day of the 11th month of the year as families all across Germany commemorate the life and legend of St. Martin through serving a roasted Goose feast while children gather in city streets to engage in paper lantern parades and sing songs.

St. Martin’s day also marks the beginning of the winter and the 40 days lent before Christmas.