A Christmas Pickle Tradition

A fun family tradition to play with

 children or grandchildren.

Some adults play it also. 😍

The Christmas pickle tradition is

believed to have started in Germany.

On Christmas morning, the person

 who finds the pickle, receives an extra

 gift and good fortune for 

the following year.

Woolworth Co, was the first company 

to import this types of decorations.

A glass pickle is hidden in 

the branches of a decorated Christmas tree.

Our first pickle and the first time

 we were aware of this tradition,

 we found this pickle at Pier One Imports  

and thought it would be fun to

 play this with the children.

Sadly "Pier One" stores have

 all closed up here in Canada.

These glass pickles are available at

 Canadian Tire Store, 

Target, Walmart, etc.

2012~Mathieu searching for the pickle,

on Christmas morning.

Sabrina searches also.

Mathieu finds it. - 

The gift he received is the tuque on this head.

"The Pickle Tree"

I took this pic below, 

at Disney World Florida -  German Store.

Glass pickles are sold there also.

The sales person told us that this tradition

originated in Germany.

Walt Disney World-Florida

Wow!! look at all those pickles!..Mathieu

Mathieu 2016

Christmas 2017

Sabrina found the pickle!

Sabrina got a basketball.

~2020~

Christmas will be different this year.

The world is at a standstill 

with the Covid Pandemic.

I will miss visiting all the stores 

and their beautiful decorations

with Christmas music playing, 

and mingling with people.

I guess you could say,

as the saying goes,

"we were in a pickle"

Also most of all, not visiting family.

It's not the same, shopping on line. 

Stay home and stay safe.

Let's hope a vaccine will change all that

and next year, we'll be back to "the way it was".

Christmas 2022

My daughter and her family

 visited for Christmas.

They had planned on skiing 

but we didn't have enough snow.

We had a green Christmas. 

To come up with some activities,

I planned to carry out the 

Christmas Pickle Tradition,

This year, I planned it 

in the different way.

The kids are now teenagers.

So I decided to make it more 

of a challenge and hide the pickle

on a tree outside, instead of on

a decorated tree inside.

They had to find the undecorated tree 

and I have a lot around the property, 

spruce, pine, tamarack, birch, etc;

find the hidden glass pickle and 

whoever finds it receives a prize.

(In a radius of 100ft from the house,

the land is approx. 1 mile long).

Sweet Sabrina, 

my Granddaughter,

 found it.

I also created another game.

I decorated another tree 

outside with red ornaments,

In a secluded area.

Whoever finds the tree and brings an

ornament back to the house,

receives a gift.

Matthew found it.

I forgot to take a pic of his gift.

It was a ski facemask.

Tradition,

it's the little things in life....

Thanks for your visit 💚

Merry Christmas

🎄🎄🎄