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shellyevon said:

Oh yeah we have a beautiful glass pickle with crystals on it.

Didn't know it was a German custom though, I think someone found the pickle in a Christmas store and the story came in the box.

We hide it on the tree and the first child to find it gets an extra small present. This year will probably be a fight because we have a lot of kids coming to stay for Christmas.

XxAxX said:

no,I think there was a walnut.

My family has done this for as long as I can remember... celebrating part of our German ancestry... but our tree fell over last year and I'm not sure the glass pickle survived... might have to go get a new one!

BlackAdder7 said:

I thought of Snookie too when I saw the title to this thread.

EmeraldSkies said:

I have heard of this. Hallmark put a talking one out this year..

That's cute.

this is a german thing? yeah my one friend always does this but she's mostly all italian and alittle russian... i never find it! our friend mikey always does every yr. i'm missing the annual xmas party with all my friends for the prince concert on the 18th...maybe they'll save me some cookies'

i gotta ask my uncle whose part german about it on xmas

Hello all... I'm half German and my wife was born and raised in Koeln (Cologne). We both have NEVER HEARD OF THIS "TRADITION".

So here's more proof...

The German Christmas Pickle

"So far I have found no historical or other evidence to indicate that the Weihnachtsgurke is a genuine Christmas custom from Germany."

that's all I have to say about this... sorry folks!

It's gotta be a tradition from somewhere..check out the variations...

http://www.google.com/ima...p;gs_rfai=

RenHoek said:

Hello all... I'm half German and my wife was born and raised in Koeln (Cologne). We both have NEVER HEARD OF THIS "TRADITION".

So here's more proof...

The German Christmas Pickle

"So far I have found no historical or other evidence to indicate that the Weihnachtsgurke is a genuine Christmas custom from Germany."

that's all I have to say about this... sorry folks!

How-de-ho kids!

JamFanHot said:

It's gotta be a tradition from somewhere..check out the variations...

http://www.google.com/ima...p;gs_rfai=

but NO ACTUAL Germans have ever heard of this!!!

Then there's the fact that the date that St. Niklaus shows up differs from the one reported in the "tradition".

As far as I'm concerned, the German Xmas Pickle is

I dunno.

Alls I have to offer is that my grandparents were both German and thats where I got it from.

BUT, they weren't immigrants of Germany, their parents were, as babies or very young children, I guess.

So maybe it's a Germans living in America tradition???? I dunno.

TotalANXiousNESS said:

I dunno.

Alls I have to offer is that my grandparents were both German and thats where I got it from.

BUT, they weren't immigrants of Germany, their parents were, as babies or very young children, I guess.

So maybe it's a Germans living in America tradition???? I dunno.

Could be. I see my Italian American friends having cultural and food traditions that don't have a goody gatdam to do with native life in Italy so it's possible

Ottensen said:

TotalANXiousNESS said:

I dunno.

Alls I have to offer is that my grandparents were both German and thats where I got it from.

BUT, they weren't immigrants of Germany, their parents were, as babies or very young children, I guess.

So maybe it's a Germans living in America tradition???? I dunno.

Could be. I see my Italian American friends having cultural and food traditions that don't have a goody gatdam to do with native life in Italy so it's possible

Exactly. My first time to Italy, I realized Mamma Mia was on the side of the hill choppin' up garlic with the checkered cloth tablecloth on a table blowing in the wind. American fiction

We've never used fruit or vegetable ornaments if that's what you mean by "pickles". I was looking at it like you were saying you hang an actual pickle on the tree.

come on! why you gotta treat me this way

PicklesMcMillan said:

come on! why you gotta treat me this way

As a "Prince fan" you should know that the correct form of answer is...

Why you wanna treat me so bad... When you know I love you'
How can you do this to me... When you know I care'

RenHoek said:

PicklesMcMillan said:

come on! why you gotta treat me this way

As a "Prince fan" you should know that the correct form of answer is...

Why you wanna treat me so bad... When you know I love you'
How can you do this to me... When you know I care'

ha ^ i was really considering this but since were on GD i figured ..nah lol

http://www.german-way.com/christmas-pickle-ornament.html