Easter in Germany

All right, I already wanted to write this post on Saturday, but my parents' internet connection broke two days ago (it's back up now, finally).

Easter is one of the major religious holidays in Germany, since the majority of Germans are Christians.

Many families colour their own Easter eggs with their children in the days before Easter. Some even take the trouble to blow out eggs (with two small holes, one on each side of the egg, and a lot of breath), colour the empty egg shells, and use them as decoration in bushes and trees.

On Easter Sunday morning, children look for hidden eggs and sweets in the garden, or in the living room (depending on garden availability and weather).

Germany is generous with bank holidays, and around Easter, Germans have three bank holidays (and children usually have Easter holidays from school for one and a half or two days around Easter): Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday.

In my family, it has become a tradition to drink "Eierflip", a mix of eggnog (the alcoholic one) and Fanta, on the Saturday evening before Easter Sunday, and over Easter.