Isn't A Pickle Something You Eat?

Today's blog is about the famous Christmas Pickle. If you've never heard of it, you don't know what you're missing out on! The Christmas Pickle is a tree ornament. You're suppose to hang the Pickle on the tree last, and some people even say you're not suppose to hang it until Christmas eve. You must hide it deep within the branches so its hard to find. On Christmas morning adults and children are suppose to search for the Pickle. The first Child to find it is suppose to get an extra present, and the adult who finds it is said that they will have good luck threw the next year.

The history of this tradition is not very well know. Actually nobody really knows where it came from. Most people say it came from Germany, but if you ask most German they have no idea what you're talking about. Now-a-days Berrien Springs, Michigan, calls itself the Christmas Pickle Capital of the World. The local residents claim the tradition originated when two Spanish boys traveling home from boarding school for the holidays were stuffed into a pickle barrel by a mean innkeeper and later freed when St. Nicholas took pity on them and tapped the barrel with his staff.

But no matter where this tradition came from, its a fun one. You may wanna go out and buy yourself a Christmas Pickle for you family this year.