Discover the history and meaning behind America’s favorite pickled Christmas ornament.
Her tree featured every pop in of decoration imaginable, from aesthetic sets of matching snowflakes tovaluable collectiblesandchildhood crafts.
But the most out-of-place ornament we pulled from her storage box each year was the special Christmas pickle.
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What Is the Christmas Pickle Tradition?
For other people, the reward is having good luck for the upcoming year.
However, the item in the tree is always a pickle.
Where Did the Christmas Pickle Tradition Come From?
The Christmas pickle is a popular U.S. tradition, and it is generally thought to have German origins.
However, most Germans aren’t even aware of the tradition.
So if it’s not a German tradition, where did it come from?
on Christmas Eve before he died.
The guard fulfilled his request, and the pickle gave the soldier the strength to keep surviving.
When the soldier returned home, he hung a pickle in his Christmas tree out of gratitude.
Nobody knows which, if any, of these stories is true.
The more important question isn’t where the pickle came from, but where it’s currently hiding.
