Now that Christmas is over, the decorations are down and the Bx has promptly installed all things Valentine-ish, it's time for the German community to prepare for Fasching, their name for the time leading up to Lent. It is something like Mardi Gras and also can be called Karneval, but I like this explanation best: die närrische Saison ("the foolish season"). They party, wear masks and costumes and have another excuse to eat, drink and be merry.
Along those lines, I have heard from two German sources that there is a day during Fasching (which lasts about a week and will end the night before Ash Wednesday, February 6th) in which the women and men party separately. Both of my sources indicated that men are aware of these groups of women partying alone and hence, there is a baby boom of sorts nine months later. (Note to self: watch the German baby announcements in November.) So, I guess that means that they're not really partying separately so much as they are partying separately from their significant other. I'm trying to think of a celebration in the States where things like this happen...hmmm...maybe bachelorette parties?
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