In Germany, 10,000 Easter eggs grace tree

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A German citizen decorated a tree in hid garden for Easter with 10,000 coloured eggs.

05 April,2012 01:33 am

Volker Krafts apple sapling sported just 18 eggs when he first decorated it for Easter in 1965. The number increased year by year; and by last year, the sturdy tree was festooned with 9,800 eggs, artfully decorated with everything from sequins to sea shells.This time, Kraft has reached 10,000 and he says hes stopping there.There will be no increase because I do not have storage capacity anymore, the 76-year-old retiree says. I would have to sleep with the eggs otherwise.Krafts tree in the town of Saalfeld in eastern Germany has become a tourist attraction, drawing thousands of people every year. Decorating trees with coloured eggs at Easter is a tradition in Germany though usually on a smaller scale.Kraft started with plastic eggs decades ago, but later switched to real eggs and enlisted his familys help in blowing out the insides of the eggs and painting them.