An apple tree in eastern Germany is home to nearly 10,000 hand decorated Easter eggs, and thousands of people are flocking to see it. The tree sits on the property of Volker Kraft, who lives in ...

Kraft’s apple sapling sported just 18 eggs when he first decorated it for Easter in 1965. The number increased year by year; and by last year, the sturdy tree was festooned with 9,800 eggs ...

The Easter bunny and decorated eggs – familiar images associated with Easter – had their beginnings in the Pennsylvania German community. The Easter rabbit, or “Oschter Haws,” was ...