9,800 eggs festooned on a tree for Easter
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April 21, 2011, Thursday
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VOLKER Kraft's apple sapling sported just 18 eggs when he first decorated it for Easter in 1965. Decades later, the sturdy tree is festooned with 9,800 eggs, artfully decorated with everything from sequins to sea shells.
Decking trees with hollowed-out, painted eggs for Easter is popular in Germany, but the 75-year-old retiree's annual creation in Saalfeld has become something special. Last year, it drew more than 13,000 visitors.
Kraft needs two weeks and countless trips up and down his ladder to hang the eggs and the task has become a little heavier each year since he began the decorations in 1965.
"I wanted to decorate a tree with Easter eggs for my children," Kraft said.
Kraft started with plastic eggs. Each year, the project grew; he switched to real eggs and enlisted his three children's help in blowing out and painting them.
He plans to add another 200 eggs next year, bringing his total to 10,000 - and then stop, if only because he's running out of room to store the mountain of boxes.
Decking trees with hollowed-out, painted eggs for Easter is popular in Germany, but the 75-year-old retiree's annual creation in Saalfeld has become something special. Last year, it drew more than 13,000 visitors.
Kraft needs two weeks and countless trips up and down his ladder to hang the eggs and the task has become a little heavier each year since he began the decorations in 1965.
"I wanted to decorate a tree with Easter eggs for my children," Kraft said.
Kraft started with plastic eggs. Each year, the project grew; he switched to real eggs and enlisted his three children's help in blowing out and painting them.
He plans to add another 200 eggs next year, bringing his total to 10,000 - and then stop, if only because he's running out of room to store the mountain of boxes.
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