Look at this beautiful creation! It's called a Paskris, and it's a Swedish Easter tradition. With Spring still a few weeks off, they decorate branches with brightly colored feathers, and sometimes add eggs to bring the sunshine inside.
Though Aunt Peaches is not Swedish to our knowledge, she did an incredible job, and we're using this as a guide for our own Paskris in this house.
For more details, please visit Aunt Peaches.
(Image: Aunt Peaches)
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An Easter Egg Tree, Ostereierbaum, is a Germanic tradition and is common in countries of Germanic influence -- Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Poland, etc.
You hang Easter eggs on branches, either a tree or bush outside (or perhaps a big display of branches in a central square -- perhaps atop a well or fountain in a central square -- or inside the home, with branches stuck in a vase.
We do it every year, collecting decorative Easter eggs to do it. I've never seen feathers on such trees -- just eggs. I wonder whether it is a Swedish variant or just a creative personal touch?
It's actually spelled "Påskris", and yes, feathers are standard in Sweden. But I'm not used to seeing quite so many things packed onto the branches. You should see more branches and less decoration. "Less is more," so to speak.
That is indeed how we do it here. Easter in Sweden is a colorful and bright holiday.
When I was a kid in school we got to decorate trees with feathers and paint eggs in different colorful patterns as part of our crafts classes.
Love all of the color and whimsy!
When I first saw her tree, it BLEW MY MIND. And I had to create my own. Now I'll never have an Easter without one of these trees!!
Just read that originally the twigs involved represented flagellation! (You know, mortification of the flesh in penance...)
Sometimes when you analyze it, Christian symbology is a little morbid: crucifix, anyone??
we have these in Norway as well....called a fastelavnsris....children make them out of budded birch trees and decorate with feathers......on fastelavens sunday(think its the first sunday before easter) the children get to wake their mum and dad up by spanking then with the decorated birch sprigs....nice hey!!! very decorative....its that old scandinavian tradition of bringing nature indoors to celebrate it!! also: less is more, but there is no rules!! great job!!