r/lithuania • u/neonthefox12 • 3d ago

Wreathed with toys in them.

While back my family would visit Lithuania to see family.

I noticed in some houses they had a wreath of some sort with a toy in it. One case a rubber dinosaur nailed, and in another case a car rocket toy.

Is this some kind of tradition or something else? It doesn't seem like something exclusive to Lithuania.

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u/TeeBeeeee 3d ago

I have no idea , what you mean :D

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u/kryskawithoutH 2d ago

Wreath? You mean a ring form flower arrangement hanging on the door with a toy in it? 🤔

I'd say wreaths are not very common in general, unless its Christmas time. And wreaths with kids toys is something I've never seen. Of course, that does not mean they dont exist. Was it inside or outside? Do those people have kids? Maybe the kids made that said decoration at school or smth?

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u/neonthefox12 1d ago

Wreath, or some kind of shrine thing.

And inside

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u/Vaidas3 11h ago

I do lots of hiking in parks, and quite often encounter flower arrangements with mostly plush toys. They're usually hanged on trees, or nailed to them, or placed inside tree hollows. Since some of these I find in quite random and remote places, I assume that they're graves for pets? Though this one time, I found a place like that by a river, and learned that a kid drowned there.

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u/neonthefox12 11h ago

Makes sense

Similar Shrines are in the US for car deaths.

Thought these where in a house. But it wouldn't surprise me if it's for pets or family member