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Christmas Pickles and Other Traditions

From the lens Christmas Pickle Ornament Tradition.

Do you hang a Christmas Pickle in your tree every year?

If not, what traditions do you keep around Yuletide?

Merry Christmas - Good Yule - Feliz Navidad

  • joyldev Apr 7, 2012 @ 5:40 pm | delete
    This tradition is new to me, but I find it very interesting. Great lens. God bless!
  • Retro_Loco Jan 10, 2012 @ 4:13 pm | delete
    I hate to say that the Christmas pickle tradition is new to me! Sounds like fun. We do good just to get our tree up and decorated before Santa arrives! ;-) Great lens. Congrats on LOTD. Happy New Year to you!
  • KathieWoolridge Jan 3, 2012 @ 7:15 am | delete
    These pickles are great - Christmas time or not.
  • Cercis Dec 28, 2011 @ 5:13 pm | delete
    No, we have no pickle on our Xmas tree nor do any of the relatives...guess I'll have to correct this!
  • zap1994 Dec 28, 2011 @ 4:23 pm | delete
    I live close to a town where they drop a pickle for new Years eve
  • zdaddyo Dec 27, 2011 @ 2:33 pm | delete
    No German in my family has ever heard of a Christmas pickle. I do have one though. Gifted to us by an American. They are cute ornaments though.
  • partybuzz Dec 27, 2011 @ 10:18 am | delete
    Congratulations on LotD!
  • collettehrock Dec 27, 2011 @ 9:54 am | delete
    I haven't heard of the Christmas pickle either but this gave me a good laugh
  • RenaissanceWoman2010 Dec 26, 2011 @ 4:05 pm | delete
    Very creative storytelling and a fun tradition makes for a winning combo. Congrats on LotD! May the pickle force be with you throughout 2012. Happy New Year!
  • KimGiancaterino Dec 26, 2011 @ 10:52 am | delete
    It sounds like a fun tradition, and your story was told beautifully. Congratulations on LOTD. Merry Christmas!
  • KimGiancaterino Dec 26, 2011 @ 10:52 am | delete
    It sounds like a fun tradition, and your story was told beautifully. Congratulations on LOTD. Merry Christmas!
  • AlleyCatLane Dec 26, 2011 @ 10:14 am | delete
    Love this idea. I'd never heard of it before.
  • elynmac Dec 26, 2011 @ 7:28 am | delete
    We have a gorilla - not a real one, but a really nice sturdy plastic one. Congratulations to you - I really like your lens on the Christmas pickle. It is a reminder not to hinder creativity with tradition (even though this is a tradition!)
  • hysongdesigns Dec 25, 2011 @ 10:25 pm | delete
    I've never hear of this before!
  • skiesgreen Dec 25, 2011 @ 5:19 pm | delete
    Congrats on LOTD, Featured this on Squidoo LOTD Lenses. Nice work
  • totorotube Dec 25, 2011 @ 4:14 am | delete
    Merry Christmas!
  • Titia Dec 25, 2011 @ 3:45 am | delete
    Never heard of the pickle tradition and no, I won't hang one in my tree, because I don't have a normal Christmas tree and you can't hide anything in it.
  • Deadicated Dec 24, 2011 @ 5:10 pm | delete
    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too, and yes I have a Pickle (a Radko, I think); I try and stick with a nautical theme, Love my Lighthouses.
  • AddaptAbilities Dec 23, 2011 @ 4:47 pm | delete
    Oh yes -- and *blessed*!
  • AddaptAbilities Dec 23, 2011 @ 4:47 pm | delete
    Informative and very funny. We received a pickle ornament the first year we were married, and it came with an insert that claimed it was a traditional German gift for newlyweds to put on their tree. I love that the Germans haven't heard of it!
  • wordstock Dec 23, 2011 @ 11:52 am | delete
    With only one child who gets the best of everything, an added gift is out of the question but we make him look for it anyway. Gift or not, it's fun. Congrats on LOTD.
  • MaxReily Dec 23, 2011 @ 3:04 am | delete
    Fun and funny lens! I've never heard of this, but it sounds like a fun tradition to start.
  • babyfurnitureplans Dec 22, 2011 @ 10:38 pm | delete
    I'd never heard of this. Thanks for teaching me something new!
  • psiloveyou Dec 22, 2011 @ 9:50 pm | delete
    Yes, we have pickle! Pickles are the #1 snack in our house. My daughter is diabetic, so that's a good thing. We have 5 jars of pickles at any one time in our refrigerator, and my husband and daughter eat pickles on their spaghetti! Merry Christmas!
  • SquidooMBA Dec 22, 2011 @ 9:13 pm | delete
    My mother stared the Christmas Pickle thing over 15 years ago. It is always entertaining as my siblings tear the tree apart looking for the darn thing. Great lens, made me laugh, and congrats on being Lens of the Day!
  • JZinoBodyArt Dec 22, 2011 @ 8:29 pm | delete
    Hahah cute lens! Congrats on LOTD!
  • Mia-Mia Dec 22, 2011 @ 8:29 pm | delete
    What a fun lens. Good job! Merry Christmas to you!
  • fugeecat Dec 22, 2011 @ 7:41 pm | delete
    No pickle just the average tree decorations.
  • flycatcher Dec 22, 2011 @ 7:36 pm | delete
    Congrats on LOTD & thanks for a good chuckle today!
  • BuddyBink Dec 22, 2011 @ 7:25 pm | delete
    I have never heard of the Christmas Pickle, very interesting. Congratulation on Lens of the Day.
  • nightcats Dec 22, 2011 @ 7:22 pm | delete
    I love this lens! You are a great humour writer! And I have never previously heard of the Christmas pickle but it does sound like such a fun thing to do!
  • KathyT Dec 22, 2011 @ 6:46 pm | delete
    Oh that's just fantastic! NEVER heard of it before today. Congrats on LOTD! You sound like you had fun with this lens! :) Kath
  • OakenShield Dec 22, 2011 @ 6:25 pm | delete
    Never heart of it, but seems fun! :)
  • mowug1776 Dec 22, 2011 @ 5:20 pm | delete
    nice lens, that was one tradition I did not know about. We've just went into the woods and cut down a tree every year that is our tradition.
  • PeteSchultz Dec 22, 2011 @ 5:19 pm | delete
    fun LOTD. Congrats. Maybve you could tackle a different Christmas pickle next...I see a red and green pickled olive stuffed with pimento as the perfect ornament...not to mention the perfect garnish for a martine!
  • pheonix76 Dec 22, 2011 @ 5:14 pm | delete
    An interesting tradition, I have always wondered about this, thanks for shedding some light on the subject! Happy Holidays and congrats on LotD!!
  • Tech-Gadgets-Games Dec 22, 2011 @ 4:56 pm | delete
    Unique Tradition :)
  • curious0927 Dec 22, 2011 @ 4:42 pm | delete
    Have never heard of the Christmas Pickle. I love it. Wish I read it earlier. Maybe next year :)
  • DebMartin Dec 22, 2011 @ 4:36 pm | delete
    Now I've heard it all! Nice lens.
  • pattywatty8 Dec 22, 2011 @ 4:08 pm | delete
    christmas pickle is really great, we have a pickle that is hidden in the tree every year
  • EileenSmith Dec 22, 2011 @ 4:03 pm | delete
    As a child, my grandmother bought me a pickle for this very tradition. Unfortunately we never actually participated in the tradition, but it was a very nice pickle.
  • BunnyFabulous Dec 22, 2011 @ 3:49 pm | delete
    We totally do the Christmas pickle. It's fun to see who finds it on Christmas morning. Congrats on LOTD!
  • RawBill Dec 22, 2011 @ 2:53 pm | delete
    Congrats on LOTD. I have never heard of a Christmas Pickle before. Sounds strange, but oh well! We do not really do Christmas in a big way in our house. Just a simple tree, with basic decorations and that is it really.
  • Susan52 Dec 22, 2011 @ 2:32 pm | delete
    Fun! As far as my puny brain remembers, this is the first time I've heard of the Christmas Pickle tradition. Love it! My DIL loves pickles, though, and might prefer to keep the dozen pickle ornaments for herself. Great pick for Lens of the Day!
  • TamaraKajari Dec 22, 2011 @ 2:15 pm | delete
    Fabulous idea and a total news for me. Sounds like a really good idea for a new Christmas tradition for my kids. Thanks for such a nice presentation!
  • alwaysjules Dec 22, 2011 @ 2:07 pm | delete
    Our family hung the Christmas pickle for years and the kids had a great time searching for it. Congratualtions on Lens of the Day.
  • lorindaleigh Dec 22, 2011 @ 1:47 pm | delete
    Extremely entertaining!
  • MJsConsignments Dec 22, 2011 @ 1:41 pm | delete
    Someone gave my then husband and I one of these for our tree several years back. They told us it was a German tradition. Being from Western, PA myself, very near Pittsburgh, I heard this "tradition" might have originated with the H.J. Heinz company to sell more pickles! No matter, the pickle gets hidden on our tree every year, just for fun. My son will trip all over himself to be the first to find it.
  • LiteraryMind Dec 22, 2011 @ 1:40 pm | delete
    Very cute story.
  • LisaGirlGenius Dec 22, 2011 @ 1:34 pm | delete
    Congrats on LTD! Gave me a good chuckle!
  • GardenCherub Dec 22, 2011 @ 1:30 pm | delete
    This looks like a fun! A new thing to delight the kids, and kids-at-heart! Thanks for sharing.
  • bjslapidary Dec 22, 2011 @ 1:14 pm | delete
    Great lens. We all want a Christmas pickle on our tree this year.
  • lilymom24 Dec 22, 2011 @ 1:01 pm | delete
    I do not hang pickles on my Christmas tree but I should start. Congrats on lens of the day! =)
  • ScottiesRock Dec 22, 2011 @ 1:00 pm | delete
    Congrats on lens of the day!!! Very entertaining and I will have to get a pickle. Happy Holidays.
  • ScottiesRock Dec 22, 2011 @ 1:00 pm | delete
    Congrats on lens of the day!!! Very entertaining and I will have to get a pickle. Happy Holidays.
  • KarenKay Dec 22, 2011 @ 12:58 pm | delete
    I wondered what the deal was with pickle ornaments! Now I know! Thanks!
  • jennabee25 Dec 22, 2011 @ 11:38 am | delete
    My family actually follows this tradition. It's fun!
  • entertainmenteveryday Dec 22, 2011 @ 11:28 am | delete
    I never have hung a pickle on my tree but, I support National Pickle Day.
  • mnewhall Dec 22, 2011 @ 11:25 am | delete
    Its the Great Christmas Pickle Charlie Brown. Tangy lens, thanks for the ideas.
  • klash5 Dec 22, 2011 @ 11:25 am | delete
    great lens
  • Thrinsdream Dec 22, 2011 @ 11:24 am | delete
    Oh, I loved this! No I am pickle-free but we do have a tradition in our little home of having choccie biscuits in bed with a piping hot cup of fresh coffee (hot chocolate for my daughter) then we let her loose on her prezzies, love it. Very chilled and happy. Thanks for this great lens and have a great Christmas.
  • DesignedbyLisa Dec 22, 2011 @ 11:11 am | delete
    Never heard of this tradition. Very cool!
  • GoAceNate Dec 22, 2011 @ 11:09 am | delete
    We just started doing this this year. I'd never heard of it until my wife brought home an ornament. Kinda funny. I'm sure we'll be doing this for years to come. We have a fancy pickle ornament now so it's on.
  • Ilona1 Dec 22, 2011 @ 11:08 am | delete
    I had always heard that the Christmas pickle was a Polish tradition !? I like the lens about this oddity...where pickles seem to grow on trees:)
  • annaovd Dec 22, 2011 @ 10:56 am | delete
    lol great lens!
  • Gwen Dec 22, 2011 @ 10:23 am | delete
    Well, pickle time is almost here and our family is so excited! Our T-shirts are adorable and I have found the hiding place!!!! Now I just hope I have 20.00 left to put on the pickle after all of the presents under my tree! We are so blessed. Merry Christmas to you all!
  • Gwen Dec 29, 2011 @ 9:37 pm | delete
    UPDATE! My son Ben found the pickle this year! He was so shocked because he didn't think it would fit in the candy jar it was in and almost didn't look there! The giggles and squeals made for a very happy hunt and a Merry Christmas!
  • WNJ631 Dec 22, 2011 @ 10:15 am | delete
    haha, my dad always did the christmas pickle tradition! No one else in the family ever really understood it though lol
  • Driven-By-Cars Dec 22, 2011 @ 9:43 am | delete
    Not sure if its a tradition I want to follow but it gave me a good laugh. Well done.
  • John_Michael Dec 22, 2011 @ 9:31 am | delete
    Why not! Pickles are the best!
  • JHFSEO Dec 22, 2011 @ 9:26 am | delete
    Thank you all for coming and sharing, and many thanks to whoever nominated this lens for Lens of the Day (12/22/2011)!

    May all your Christmas Pickles be well hidden!
  • cwimmer77 Dec 22, 2011 @ 9:05 am | delete
    I have never heard of a Christmas Pickle. Just when you thought you heard of it all...
  • Merstarr Dec 22, 2011 @ 9:00 am | delete
    My mom is from Germany, and we all have pickles in my family!! Loved seeing this lens today :)
  • collierlewis_jewelry Dec 22, 2011 @ 8:54 am | delete
    I never knew about the Christmas pickle, but it was always a tradition for my husband's family. It really is a rather bizarre tradition... but now my tree wouldn't feel the same without a pickle (does that sound weird???) Great lens =)
  • agoofyidea Dec 22, 2011 @ 8:51 am | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD! I think the Christmas pickle is as weird as Elf on a Shelf and I don't use either one. But hey, whatever makes people happy. I laughed at your story so the pickle magic must work. Great lens.
  • CarlittoDunaway Dec 22, 2011 @ 8:45 am | delete
    That is a cool idea! I have not seen ornaments like that!
  • cgayanga Dec 22, 2011 @ 8:36 am | delete
    You have covered an area that easily escapes anyone's attention. good work. If you have time enjoy my short stories! Best of luck!
  • cgayanga Dec 22, 2011 @ 8:36 am | delete
    You have covered an area that easily escapes anyone's attention. good work. If you have time enjoy my short stories! Best of luck!
  • Rantsand Dec 22, 2011 @ 6:27 am | delete
    LOL ok, I liked the first part of the story. :-) Thanks for the laugh.
  • Poetryman Dec 22, 2011 @ 6:20 am | delete
    XMAS pickles. Who knew?
  • miaponzo Dec 22, 2011 @ 5:30 am | delete
    Well.. that is certainly strange!!! Blessed!
  • aussieremovals Dec 22, 2011 @ 4:55 am | delete
    Wow! Great lens.
  • AliciaMae Dec 22, 2011 @ 12:37 am | delete
    i do have a glass pickle in my tree...my mother gave it to me last year :)
  • emonanam Dec 22, 2011 @ 12:09 am | delete
    Congrats on LOTD !
  • poddys Dec 17, 2011 @ 4:37 pm | delete
    That's definitely one of the weirdest Christmas Tree ornaments I have seen. Actually I don't wanna pickle, I just wanna ride on my motor cy-cle... (Arlo Guthrie).
  • JHFSEO Dec 17, 2011 @ 5:29 pm | delete
    I suppose you don't want a tickle either :D

    Thanks for stopping by!
  • Pastiche Dec 16, 2011 @ 7:08 pm | delete
    Yes, I do have a Christmas pickle and I gave one to my mother for her tree, too. I learned about the tradition about 20 years ago, and enjoy having my grandkids try to find the pickle.
  • JHFSEO Dec 16, 2011 @ 7:23 pm | delete
    Everybody enjoys a good pickle hunt. Glad to hear your sharing it through the generations. It's the kind of thing that's fun to watch and be a part of. Happy Holidays to you and yours, Pastiche!
  • JHFSEO Dec 17, 2011 @ 5:28 pm | delete
    And cheers on the blessing!
  • SheWritesaLot Dec 14, 2011 @ 10:25 pm | delete
    Ha! Never heard of this tradition but I think I'll add it to my list this year. Might be a fun tradition to start with my grandsons.
  • JHFSEO Dec 14, 2011 @ 11:55 pm | delete
    I'm sure they'll love it! Thanks for coming by, and for the blessing!
  • Gwen Oct 1, 2011 @ 11:23 am | delete
    I have put my own spin on the Christmas Pickle. I rubberband a 20.00 bill around it and hide it somewhere in my house while my family is busy visiting, playing, watching T.V. etc. Then when least expected and everyone is accounted for, I announce, " It's Pickle Time!" They go crazy with competitiveness! It is so funny to watch them search china cabinets, closets, behind picture frames, christmas trees, bows on gifts etc., etc. This year my daughter is having t-shirts made for the entire family. She is also making a pickle trophy for the winner to display in their home for the year and return it next year for the new winner! Now that I have gotten older, listening to their laughter and excitement while searching and seeing the look on the finder's face at the finding moment is all I truly need for Christmas.
  • JHFSEO Oct 1, 2011 @ 11:52 am | delete
    Gwen, I love this! The cash is a nice bonus but the t-shirts and pickle trophy are the real prizes. Who needs gifts when you can tear a house apart looking for the Christmas pickle? "It's Pickle Time!", indeed! Thanks for sharing, this is a great tradition.

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