My grandparents used to do it, but we never did.

Think I will this year.

I don't hang a pickle on the Christmas tree, nor have I ever known anyone who has.

Is this some quaint old world tradition, or do your grandparents have some family story behind it?

Crack one hell of a drug.

Never heard of this.

It's an old German tradition...

The "pickle" is a glass pickle-shaped ornament. The first person to find it hidden in the branches on Christmas morning supposedly received good luck for the year.

....duh, people...

Yes ~ and as a kid we had a beautiful hand blown glass one on the tree as well

I do. We got one when we spent Xmas in Germany about 10 years ago. Been doign it ever since.

johnart said:

I do. We got one when we spent Xmas in Germany about 10 years ago. Been doign it ever since.

I will not say anything about johnart and his love of pickles...

Genesia said:

johnart said:

I do. We got one when we spent Xmas in Germany about 10 years ago. Been doign it ever since.

I will not say anything about johnart and his love of pickles...

because you don't have to

CallMeCarrie said:

It's an old German tradition...

The "pickle" is a glass pickle-shaped ornament. The first person to find it hidden in the branches on Christmas morning supposedly received good luck for the year.

....duh, people...

ahh, there u have it! never heard of that one & it's very quirky. a reminder of when xmas seemed so uncomplicated. obviously the op grandparents were extreme pickle hangers, no fancy ornaments involved! cool.

i think it's really lovely to keep xmas family traditions alive, (that excludes dumping oneself on the rellies, arguing over dinner & punch up after tea)

Interesting tradition. Our neighbors in Cleveland were German, and it's something I never picked up from them.

They did, however, follow the old German tradition of decorating their tree with dozens of real wax candles, which they lit on Christmas Day. I'd never seen that before either. It was one of the most beautiful tree decor effects I've ever seen, even if a bit scary. They'd only leave the candles lit for 10 minutes or so, while we sang a song, toasted, etc.

Lammastide said:

Interesting tradition. Our neighbors in Cleveland were German, and it's something I never picked up from them.

They did, however, follow the old German tradition of decorating their tree with dozens of real wax candles, which they lit on Christmas Day. I'd never seen that before either. It was one of the most beautiful tree decor effects I've ever seen, even if a bit scary. They'd only leave the candles lit for 10 minutes or so, while we sang a song, toasted, etc.

I would leave a fire extinguisher with a bow on it on their damn doorstep every single year.

I hope it wasn't a Prince song. RADIO EDIT! RADIO EDIT!

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YES!!

Lets all do it this year!

I've heard of kissing the pickle, but not this.

Nah, we hang little . . .

Never done it, but i'm strangely drawn to the idea. What kind of pickle? If it's gherkins there could be trouble... I'm addicted to them and they wouldn't last 5 minutes.

I lived in Germany for 3 years and never heard of this tradition.

Cool though.

I've heard of hide the pickle, but THAT'S another story.

kewlschool said:

I've heard of hide the pickle, but THAT'S another story.

No. Never heard of the tradition. But I had seen the glass pickle ornaments and done a Makes sense now.

Nothinbutjoy said:

I lived in Germany for 3 years and never heard of this tradition.

Cool though.

Lived there for 10yrs. (total) and NEVER heard of this... now the lit candles we did all the time though, that truly is a stunning effect!

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

I just asked my wife who was born & raised in Cologne, Germany. NEVER HEARD OF IT!

RenHoek said:

I just asked my wife who was born & raised in Cologne, Germany. NEVER HEARD OF IT!

^ The Great Pickle Conspiracy

I know! Let's see how many perishables we can persuade them to put on their tree. . .

I thought this was a sex thread.

XxAxX said:

RenHoek said:

I just asked my wife who was born & raised in Cologne, Germany. NEVER HEARD OF IT!

^ The Great Pickle Conspiracy

I know! Let's see how many perishables we can persuade them to put on their tree. . .

Sorry Ace. You can make it one if you want.

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.

If I am not mistaken,there are also other food type ornaments that are supposed to have a similar story or tradition that goes with them.

TD3 said:

Nah, we hang little . . .

OMG, I'm going to start doing this.