What an amazing Easter celebration! I absolutely loved hearing how God provided for you in such unexpected ways. Truly, he us the light unto your path and the lamp unto your feet. Incredible!
Thank you Priscilla! Yes, He is truly amazing! He is is always there guiding us to His perfect will! And he gets all of the glory and honor and praise!
The Eastern (Orthodox) tradition is what happens on a Palm Sunday, children (and adults can as well) make those branches, some get them blessed in the Orthodox service and then go visit relatives and godparents wishing them health and blessing them. It should be done in better clothes as it has nothing to do with witches. The branches are in place of palm branches that greeted Jesus and the egg symbolises the empty tomb and new life, it should be given a week later and eaten after the Lent.
They got mixed after WWII when Karelians were relocated all over the country. Many Orthodox and Eastern Finns don’t like the modern “tradition” of going around collecting candy dressed in costumes and with those branches. It has lost the original idea of remembering your loved ones (who usually also don’t mind seeing you and giving you an Easter egg).