In Germany, Easter, besides Christmas is the most important holiday.

On this sacred day all Christians celebrate the resurrection of Christ from the grave. This is the greatest and most joyful event of the year for the believers, when the tragedy of Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday was healed by the message of the angel at the empty tomb "He is not here. He is risen!"  There is a belief that the name "Easter" originates from an ancient Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn named "Eastre", "Eostre", or "Ostara". In German households there is Spring cleaning and decorations are brought into the home, budding

twigs, crocuses and daffodils, willow and birch, the first shoots of grasses, or wheat sprouts. Easter
trees, small trees or branches, decorated with eggs, have long been a part of German Easter
celebration. An inseparable part of the holiday is the gorgeous Easter meal taken after a long period of
severe fasting.