In Norway, in addition to skiing in the mountains and painting eggs for decorating, it is tradition to solve murders at Easter. All the major television channels show crime and detective stories (such as Poirot), magazines print stories where the readers can try to figure out who did it, and many new books are published. Even the milk cartons change to have murder stories on their sides. Another tradition is Yahtzee games. Sweden's traditions include egg painting/gathering and candy; additionally, (fake) feathers and little decorations are placed on branches in a vase. For lunch/dinner on Holy Saturday, families traditionally feast on a smorgasbord of herring, salmon, potatoes, eggs and other kinds of food.
Long and Winding
16 years ago
