Parades and Bonfires: Many Municipalities Celebrate St. Martin's Day, but Who Is It Exactly?

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For most children, Sinterklaas still has to wait until December 6th, but in the region around Aalst, Ypres, and in the Kempen and Limburg regions, another friend of the children arrives on November 11th: Saint Martin. Who is this lesser-known Saint Martin, anyway? And why does he arrive in our country almost a month earlier than Sinterklaas?