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Easter Tree • Osterbaum/Osterstrauch

• "This German Easter tradition is actually two different things. This can be confusing, because the English phrase “Easter tree” (or bush) can refer to: (1) an outdoor tree or bush decorated with Easter eggs, or (2) an indoor tree-like or bush-like arrangement of dry twigs/branches set in a vase to form an egg-adorned twig “bouquet.” In German it becomes clearer: der Osterstrauß (Easter bouquet, arrangement) is the indoor “flower” arrangement; the Osterbaum is outdoors in a public space or in one’s own yard or garden. The photo shows an indoor Osterstrauß."