Description: Celebrating Laternelaufen, each child holds a different shaped lantern on a stick. The children are wearing traditional German costumes. The boy has lederhosen and a fedora hat with feather. The older girl wears a dress and apron, and the younger wears a toddler dress. Ornate flower and scroll border. Traditionally, children walking with lanterns for Laternelaufen are symbolic of "bringing light into the world".
A German tradition for St. Martin's day (around November 11) children walk in procession, lighting the night with colorful home-made lanterns.
Size: 2.5" x 2.5" (6.35 cm x 6.35cm)