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In Germany, 10000 Easter eggs grace tree
WIS
Volker Kraft decorates a tree with 10000 Easter eggs in the garden of the retired couple Christa and Volker Kraft in Saalfeld, Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer,File) AP National News Video More>> Moving day: 101-year-old Mich. woman evicted from ...
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Easter 2012: The History of the Easter Bunny and 9 Pictures of Children Crying ...
International Business Times
This story was brought to the United States, namely to Pennsylvania Dutch country, in the 1700's by the Germans. According to EHow.com, Easter Egg Hunts were first celebrated in the 1700's by German immigants in Pennsylvania. The tradition began with ...
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International Business Times
German minority keeps Easter egg tradition alive
The Daily Advance
AP SCHLEIFE, Germany — A tiny Slavic minority in Germany is keeping alive a long and intricate tradition of hand-painting Easter eggs with the help of feathers and wax. Shortly after Christmas every year, Karin Hannusch gets to work decorating up to ...
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Students talk on Easter traditions
Daily Helmsman
Miriam Hegner, a journalism graduate student visiting from Germany this semester, said she and her family celebrated with Osterbrunnen — Germanfor Easter well or fountain. The wells and fountains, she said, are decorated weeks in advance with colored ...
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Good Friday around the world
Seattle Post Intelligencer
A woman decorates a chocolate egg for Easter at a chocolate shop downtown Brussels. Members of different craftsmen guilds carry a sculpture from the Way of the Cross during a Good Friday procession in Lohr am Main, westernGermany.
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Czechs scramble for Easter eggs as shortage bites into festive fun
The Guardian
The 29-year-old Czech has collected petrol money from acquaintances in Ústí nad Labem and has driven over the Germanborder into Saxony on the hunt for eggs. She is hoping to fill her Skoda hatchback with as many pallets as possible, in an effort to...
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The Guardian
Video: Incredible hand-painted Easter eggs
Today's THV
LUEBBENAU, GERMANY (CBS) -- Sorbian Easter eggs are famous for their elaborate decorative styles. A workshop in Luebbenau in Germany's eastern Brandenburg district teaches the delicate techniques of the craft. Baerbel Lange, who runs the workshop, ...
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Today's THV
Travel postcard: 48 hours in Bonn, Germany
Moneycontrol.com
Located about 30 km south of Cologne, the city of around 325000 prides itself on being the birthplace of influentialGerman composer Ludwig van Beethoven. But Bonn is perhaps most famous for being the capital of West Germanyfrom 1949 to 1990 after the ...
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Moneycontrol.com
European markets soft heading into Easter break
BusinessWeek
By PAN PYLAS European stock markets failed to hold on to their early gains Thursday as investors fretted about Spain's debt problems, and reduced their potential exposure to upcoming US jobs figures in the run-up to the long Easterweekend.
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Cast-iron garden pieces are good finds
Ct Post
This life-size cast-iron rabbit sits on a grass-green base. It was made inGermany in about 1920 and sold at RSL Auction Co. for $55. You can keep it in your garden, but bring it inside to use as an Easter dinner centerpiece.
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Quiz: How Much Do You Know about Easter?
Patch.com
4. Germany, where the Osterhaas -- Easter hare -- delivers colored eggs. Children build nests, sometimes using hats, to hold their bounty. In this country,Easter baskets used to be made to look like nests. Also, the hare was replaced by the bunny ...
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Bucolic bliss drives Germany's 'Heimat' sensation
Irish Times
The first magazine to enter what, for decades, has been a veryGerman minefield was Landlust (Lust for the Land), launched in 2005. Today it is one of Germany's best-selling magazines, with each bimonthly issue selling nearly a million copies and ...
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Irish Times
Portland Weekend events: Umbrella Fest in NE; Easter brunch in NW; Cirque du ...
OregonLive.com
By Larry Bingham, The Oregonian View full sizeThe Associated PressDecorated Easter eggs from the collection of Christa and Volker Kraft, who live in Saalfeld, Germany. • In Northeast Portland, there's plenty to do Easter related, from Easter egg hunts ...
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OregonLive.com
Deutsche Bank denies plans to cut thousands of jobs
Sun-Sentinel
"There are no such plans," a spokesman for Germany's biggest lender said on Friday. German weekly magazine Der Spiegel earlier reported that about 15 percent of the bank's 35000 jobs could be cut in the areas of infrastructure and regional management.
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Easter traditions, Easter values in Menlo Park
InMenlo
by Linda Hubbard Gulker on April 6, 2012 Easter hot cross bun fans can rest easy. The Easter-only pastry treat is available at Gerry's Cakes on Chestnut Street, thanks to current owner Sohrab Molavi, who's carrying on the tradition started by baker ...
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InMenlo
German students get taste of life in Olney as part of exchange program
Olney Daily Mail - Press Mentor
The students attend Gymnasium Gars in Bavaria, Germany, which houses around 1000 students in fifth through 12 th grades. Five East Richland High School students visited the school last summer in the small community of Gars, which is about 50 kilometers ...
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Heritage Choir presents Easter concerts
St. George Daily Spectrum
Bruce C. and Marie Hafen, president and matron of the St. George Temple, will be the featured speakers during the Easter Concert by the Southern Utah Heritage Choir on Sunday. Submitted photo / Submitted photo ST. GEORGE - On Easter Sunday, ...
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Easter Monday test for Highland polar bears
Highland News
The pair have been gradually introduced to each other since the arrival of Arktos from Hannover Zoo in Germany on Wednesday as companion to the Highland park's popular polar bear Walker. A year older than Walker and slightly larger, Arktos is four ...
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Highland News
Easter Bunny making rounds
Warren Tribune Chronicle
EASTER BUNNY TO ARRIVE AT EVENT: The Easter Bunny will visit with children from 9 am to 1 pm Saturday at the Lordstown administration building, Salt Springs Road, as the Lordstown Lions and Leos host a gathering.EASTER BUNNY TO VISIT CHILDREN: The ...
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Kosher beer is perfect for more than just Passover
Washington Times
PHILADELPHIA, April 5, 2012 - As Easter approaches, Aecht Schlenkerla Fastenbier (or Lent beer) from Germany's Brauerei Heller-Trum would be a perfectly fitting beer to enjoy during this last week of Lenten season. However, with Passover looming as ...
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Washington Times
GERMAN AND DUTCH TEAMS ADD TO STRONG INTERNATIONAL LINEUP OF AN POST RÁS
IrishCycling
By An Post Ras release/Shane Stokes With a month and a half remaining before the start of the 2012 An Post Rás, the Germany Bike Aid cycling team and the Netherlands Koga cycling team have been confirmed as the third and fourth of the international ...
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Top 10 strange Easter traditions
The Press
The leftovers from Christmas create some fun at Easter time inGermany. Remnants of Christmas trees are piled into a heap and burnt as a way of recognising the end of winter and moving into spring. 4. You've probably seen chocolate eggs and bunnies, ...
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The Press
Ghanaians gear-up for Easter celebration
Peace FM Online
The Paragliding festival has become the main magnetism of the Easterfestivities as people across the globe troop to the Kwahu Mountains to participate or observe the extraordinary event. Information available to GNA indicates that pilots from Germany, ...
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Easter: What's With All The Bunnies And Stuff?!
Huffington Post UK (blog)
However, the Easter Bunny (actually, it's a hare in Germany) rewarded only the well-behaved boys and girls, teaching them to be moral and Christian. It became popular worldwide once it was taken to America and spread outside of the German communities ...
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Five Things to Know Today, April 6
Patch.com
In 1941, Nazi Germany invaded Yugoslavia and Greece on this day, and American troops began their Easter Offensives in Vietnam in 1972. Finally, the Rwandan Genocide began on this day in 1994. Hopefully today will be less eventful.
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Easter Chocolate Products Multiplying Like ... Rabbits
CSPnet.com
Today, the United States accounts for the largest percentage of all seasonal launches at 18%, while the UK is the second most active region accounting for 12% of all launches, meanwhile Germany accounts for 10%. Canada has seen the biggest increase in ...
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Pope reaffirms ban on women priests, assails disobedience
Reuters
In an interview with the German Catholic news agency KNA, the pope's brother, Reverend Georg Ratzinger, said he thought the pontiff would cut back his foreign voyages because travel increasingly tired him. "I think he won't travel that much anymore, ...
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The Day's Best | 04.05.12
News & Observer
AP School students wearing novelty masks walk around the carnival area during the 2012 Sydney Royal Easter Show at the Sydney Showground on April 5, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. The annual event is Australia's largest, attracting around 900000 visitors ...
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News & Observer
Is This The Smallest Bunny Ever? (PHOTO)
Huffington Post
Forget the Easter bunny -- this little guy has completely stolen the show. He may not bring you candy in a basket, but look how tiny! According to the photo's credit, the baby's name is Ruediger, and he lives at a zoo in Muenster,Germany, ...
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5 THINGS: A Very Good Friday Indeed!
Patch.com
By Stephen Greenwell It's the Easter Bunny! Looking all Easter Bunnyish!Easter Bunny Image “We are all part of a secret society, Stan. A very ancient, very important society of men, who follow the Way of the Rabbit, and protect the secret of the ...
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Business Recorder
Germany's market was little changed but remained over French levels because of continued high feed wheat prices coupled with worry about weather damage to German crops. Old crop standard milling wheat crop for April delivery was unchanged at 220 euros ...
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German Easter Traditions, A Photo Tour | Little Passports Blog
As we continue to prepare for Easter, let's hop on over to Germany, where a number of our Easter traditions began. From the Easter bunny to colored eggs, ...
www.littlepassports.com/.../german-easter-traditions-a-photo-t...
German Missions in the United States - Easter in Germany
The easten German town of Saalfeld is home to a major seasonal tourist attraction - an apple tree festooned with some 10000 colorfully decoratedEaster eggs.
www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/.../05Osterbaum.html
German Easter Traditions
German Easter Traditions. As with other predominantly Christian countries, inGermany Easter is about re-birth and renewal. Germans, like Americans, celebrate ...
blogs.usembassy.gov/germany.../04/.../german-easter-tradition...
SCHLEIFE, Germany: German minority keeps Easter egg tradition ...
A tiny Slavic minority in Germany is keeping alive a long and intricate tradition of hand-painting Easter eggs with the help of feathers and wax.
www.kentucky.com/.../german-minority-keeps-easter-egg.htm...
Tales and Tastes from the old world: How to...German Easter ;-)
German Easter ;-). I do not know any other "happening" in Germany which holds so many different rules, regulations (lent fasting) and rejoicing excitement as ...
paulabowser.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-togerman-easter.html
Easter in Germany – a springtime tradition
On Alumniportal Deutschland the Germany alumni are talking about traditions on Easter in Germany.
www.alumniportal-deutschland.org/.../easter-in-germany.html
German minority keeps Easter egg tradition alive
SCHLEIFE, Germany (AP) — A tiny Slavic minority in Germany is keeping alive a long and intricate tradition ... German minority keeps Easter egg tradition alive ...
www.seattlepi.com/.../German-minority-keeps-Easter-egg-tradi...
Wimmera students to experience Easter in Germany - Local News ...
A GROUP of Wimmera year nine and 10 students will travel to Germany on Sunday in time for a traditional German Easter featuring Easter trees, coloured eggs ...
www.mailtimes.com.au/news/local/news/.../2503569.aspx
Ostern steht vor der Tür — German Easter Vocabulary & Tradition ...
Easter is once again upon us. In Switzerland, Austria, and Germany Easter is a serious holiday. Even though you're sure to see the famous golden Lindt Easter ...
christianlangenegger.wordpress.com/.../ostern-steht-vor-der-tu...
World News: German retiree fulfills Easter ambition, decorates apple ...
You thought Easter eggs don't grow on trees? Check out Volker Kraft's garden in eastern Germany, and think again.
www.thestar.com/.../1156453--german-retiree-fulfills-easter-a...
Easter in Germany | UK-German Connection - for young people
UK-German Connection on Twitter UK-German Connection on Facebook · home · site map ... IN GERMANY. Article: Find out about Easter traditions inGermany!
www.ukgermanconnection.org/easter-germany
Easter in Germany – The Rabbit, Egg and Ostara | German Pulse
Easter in Germany, Ostern in Deutschland, and a special Easter Bunny joins St. Nicholas and Santa Claus as a holiday gift giver in Germany, Hanni Hase,...
www.germanpulse.com/.../easter-in-germany-the-rabbit-egg-a...
German minority keeps Easter egg tradition alive
A tiny Slavic minority in Germany is keeping alive a long and intricate tradition of hand-painting Easter eggs ... German minority keeps Easter egg tradition alive ...
www.boston.com/.../german_minority_keeps_easter_egg_tradi...
German minority keeps Easter egg tradition alive
German minority keeps Easter egg tradition alive. April 03, 2012|Associated Press. A tiny Slavic minority in Germany is keeping alive a long and intricate ...
articles.boston.com/.../31282243_1_painting-eggs-easter-wax
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