St. Martin's Day marking the end of the preparations for winter, such as salting meat and fish, storing the harvest and making preserves. Mārtiņi also marks the beginning of masquerading and sledding, among other winter activities. St. Martin's Day ("Jum San Martin" in Maltese) is celebrated in Malta on the Sunday nearest to November 11. Children are given a bag full of fruits and sweets associated with the feast, known by the Maltese as "Il-Borża ta' San Martin", "St. Martin's bag". This bag may include walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, chestnuts, dried or processed figs, seasonal fruit (like oranges, tangerines, apples and pomegranates) and "Saint
St. Martin in Passeier St. Martin in Passeier St. Martin in Passeier (; ) is a "comune" (municipality) in the Passeier Valley in South Tyrol, northern Italian, located about northwest of Bolzano. As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 3,137 and an area of . The municipality of St Martin in Passeier contains the "frazioni" (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Saltaus (Saltusio), Quellenhof (Sorgente), Ried (Novale), Kalmtal (Valclava), Christl (Cresta), Flon (Vallone), and Matatz (Montaccio), St Martin in Passeier borders the following municipalities: Moos in Passeier, Riffian, and St Leonhard in Passeier. The coat of arms is argent and azure party