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 on a decorated tree,
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.
Unfortunately "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.
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"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.
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| Wow!! look at all those pickles!..Mathieu |
Over the years
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| 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
🎄🎄🎄
