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Decorating Easter trees is another festive holiday custom that traces its roots back to Germany. The traditional "trees" were branches in a vase hung with brightly colored eggs. Today many homes hang the painted or dyed Easter Eggs and other decorations on real trees in their front yards to add a colorful touch and a festive spirit to the whole neighborhood.

A variation on the secular Easter Tree tradition is based on the Bible. Many Christian families create ornaments from scriptures starting with Genesis and ending with the Resurrection. You can either add one ornament a day for the 40 days of Lent or just one per week until Holy Week when you'll add one per day. The ornaments are usually hand made and the kids help to decide what symbols to make into decorations for the Easter Tree.

Whichever idea suits your family best, you'll have lots of fun with this holiday tree trimming custom. These sites will give you a bit of the background and history of this charming tradition and some great ideas for decorating your own Easter Tree...

Easter Trees - This article not only gives a good description of the history and traditions behind the Easter Tree, but has easy instructions on decorating one yourself with good links to other resources..

Egg-Stra Special Easter Tree - Just one of the Easter crafts projects to be found on this site. An indoor tree - brances in a small pot decorated with pretty Easter eggs follows the traditional German style. Instructions are easy to follow.

Easter Trees in Germany - The tradition of decorating trees with colorful Easter eggs is well known in Germany and the pictureson this site will provide plenty of inspiration for your trees or just use it for ideas for some beautiful designs for decorating Easter eggs...

Homemade Easter Tree - Blessings for life has a nice how to on making an Easter tree with readings from the Bible for each day as the tree is decorated. Start two weeks before Easter and bring the reason for the season into the celebrations...

Celebrating Easter: Make an Easter Tree - Easy Fun School has a few good ideas to share on making decorations for a Biblical themed Easter Tree. They also have hints on using the tree and decorations for units in Sunday School.