Read this short, straight-forward article on Sankt Martinstag or Saint Martin's Day.
This page at Germany.Info is equally informative and straight-forward. It included recipes for Weckmänner, the sweetbread-men which get baked for Sankt Martin [and sometimes into December], as well as audio clips of the songs typically sung. [Here is the direct link to the recipe.]
This video features lines to a song which describes the scene that so many people associate with Saint Martin. Namely, there is a beggar in the snow with mere rags for clothes to protect him from the ravages of winter. Martin comes by and takes pity on the beggar. He cuts his coat in half and gives it to the beggar. [Here's hoping that he offered him some money or food, too!]
You don't have to be Catholic or of the Christian faith to appreciate how this image embodies what it means to be a human being.
Here is a cartoon-video of what a typical Sankt Martin Eve would look like [the parades usually happen on the 10th]
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