On Palm Zondag or Palm Sunday children scour the neighboring farms to collect eggs for the Easter sports. While setting out for the task, kids carry a decorated stick known as a Palmpaas or Easter "palm". This stick is attached to a hoop which is covered with boxwood and adorned with colored paper flags, egg shells, sugar rings, oranges, raisins, figs and baked dough figures or swans or cocks.
In the eastern regions of the Netherlands, village folks light an Easter bonfire on some hill or high point. In order to gain a headstart, people start collecting wood for the fires weeks in advance as each area tries to outdo each other by building the biggest bonfire.
On Easter Sunday, families gather for the traditional Easter meal. The table is decorated with colored eggs and spring flowers and Paasbrood, which is a sweet bread with raisins and currants, is one of the special foods traditionally served at Easter.
