Step aside, Easter baskets! There's a new Easter tradition in town, and it's positively delightful: Easter egg trees. If you've never heard of these incredibly whimsical "Osterbaum," as they're called ...

ELSTERHEIDE, Germany -- A small Slavic minority in eastern Germany is keeping alive a long, intricate tradition of hand-painted Easter eggs that's been passed down by Sorbian families for generations.

An elderly couple from Thuringia, Germany have decorated a 5ft-high apple tree with 10,030 personally-decorated Easter eggs. Volker Kraft and his wife spent two weeks sprucing up the tree with ...

WIESBADEN, Germany – Easter time is associated with the beginning of spring and new life in Germany. Several Easter traditions have to do with banishing the winter and welcoming spring. However, ...

A flag with a dove of peace can be seen at the traditional Easter march under the motto "Warlike - Never Again". Fabian Sommer/dpa People turned out for traditional peace marches in several cities ...

Volker Kraft decorates his Easter egg tree in Saalfeld, Germany on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. It takes the family around two weeks to hang the 10,000 hand painted eggs into the tree. Follow ...

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