Easter centerpiece idea

Nobody in my family slept in on Easter morning. There was no “just five more minutes” because the smell of ham and pinca (a sweet Croatian Easter bread) had a way of pulling everyone out of bed whether we planned it or not.

The table was always set the night before. My grandmother would do it herself — a centrepiece at the middle with a nest of real moss, a few painted eggs (we the kids would paint them the day before) tucked in, and chocolate eggs scattered around it like they had rolled there naturally. Bunnies on the windowsill. A small cross near the bread. It looked like Easter.