Just time enough to buy some birch twigs for the Easter decoration in the home. Brought inside the branches with water and warmth will grow small leaves, while outside it is still too cold and one has to wait until end of April. 'Paskris' is the name for it and the custom goes back to the 17th century when birch twigs were used for Long Friday's flagellation symbolic of Jesus Christ's suffering.
Not too many are thinking about that but more of the birch twigs used in the sauna baths - flagellation year round!
One can choose to buy plain twigs or the decorative ones with attached feathers in many different colors. We saw that the prefered feathers are soft down feathers and yellow.
Yellow like daffodils, spring chickens and the SUN which is now rising at 6 am and going down at 6 pm. The long days and short nights will come back.
