It marked:
– End of the harvest
– Slaughter of cattle
– Start of winter fasting
– Begging songs and lanterns

It was the end of the fiscal year.
The beginning of winter.

It’s still celebrated.

But here's what Saint Martin’s Day actually was:
open.substack.com/pub/thekits...

thekitschinquisition.substack.com/p/the-age-o...

That's why Europe still has the highest standards of wine:

Bordeaux classifications (1855): Still used today
Burgundy climates: 2000 years of soil knowledge
Rioja regulations: Strict quality control since 1925
Mosel steepest vineyards: Hand-harvested for 500 years

I wrote about the death of craftsmanship:

-Why guilds mattered
-How we replaced mastery with “creativity”
-And the workshops that still keep the fire alive

This is what we lost, and here's why it matters now: open.substack.com/pub/thekits...