Many of the secular Easter traditions we celebrate in America came over with the immigrants from Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. It’s been fun walking around the shops in Graz and seeing all the wonderful Easter decorations (Osterdekorationen). The Austrians really like wooden decorations as well as brightly colored glittery bunnies (Hasen) and eggs (Eier). Sheep (Shafe), hens (Hühner) and birds (Vögel) are very popular animals too.