German Easter Bunny gets 70,000 letters from children

The Easter Bunny in Ostereistedt, northern Germany, once again received tens of thousands of requests from children hoping to have their wishes realized.

The meaning of Ostereistedt loosely translates to “Easter egg town” in English, and children have been sending their letters there for the past four decades. 

According to Deutsche Post, some 70,000 letters were received at the post office in the village some 30 kilometers (19 miles) northeast of Bremen.

A person dressed as an Easter Bunny was seen delivering the last of the children’s requests.

More than a thousand letters came from abroad, from a total of 40 different countries, including Australia and Brazil. Ukrainian children living in Germany because of the conflict back home also wrote to the Easter Bunny. 

The total is actually down 10,000 on last year’s figure — and well short of a peak of 100,000 in 2021, when the coronavirus pandemic was at its height.

Read more via Deutsche Welle

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