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Show Easter Fires to Greet the Coming of Spring Throughout the Harz mountain region re-gion the traditional "Easter fires" are lighted Easter eve. At this season It Is customary In that section of Germany to build fires, the flames visible for miles, to inform the world that victorious spring has vanquished snow and frost again. These fires usually are lighted on Easter night, but In many communities communi-ties the ceremony takes place on Saturday Sat-urday " night. Custom decrees that every village or town must contribute something to the collection of fuel, which Is stacked up by the community's commu-nity's older school children. Many families preserve the Christmas Christ-mas tree from the previous Yuletide us their contribution. |