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It is Old German. The tradition is to put one pickle ornament on the tree and whoever finds it first on xmas gets and extra present, as I recall.

A friend of mine puts about ten pickles in her tree to be sure that every one that comes to visit over the holiday would be guaranteed a little prize, so every time you stop by her house you had to find a pickle. Everyone goes home with a treat. She is grand.
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Kimkankwilt

We have a pickle in our tree, but I wasn't sure why....now I know.

lynnie

Ive seen pickles all over, from the expensive RADko ones to cheap. I don't put one on my tree because it doesn't match. My darling princess of a kitty, Zoey, knows we only put the tree up so she can sit under it.

lockesnest

It is a German tradition. The "Pennsylvania Dutch" in Kansas do that.

Stiffchick

We are German and Polish among a few others nationalities, we do a pickle and a salt dough pierogi lol

kjdavis4

We do the pickle. My maiden name was German. My sister was the one who found out about and started it when we visited for the holidays one year. We have since started the tradition in our home and it's a lot of fun. My older son usually finds the pickle Whoever finds it gets a few $$.

Retired Fire Chief

My heritage is Scottish, English and German but I had never heard of it until I married my DH who is !00% German. He bought us a pickle ornament our first year married and apparently they always had one, it was a game to see who could find the pickle on the tree first.

alleyoop1

No, I don't put a pickle on my tree. Never heard of the tradition until a few years ago. I do put a long nail hanging from a red ribbon on my tree as a reminder of the tree Jesus hung on. After all, the holiday is all about HIM!

Patski-Mi.

I believe I have 4 pickles ranging from large to tiny. The tiny one is for the adults. I give out special gifts to the finders. Of course 3 of the pickles are for the grandkids. Maybe their just a little spoiled. Got my first pickle from my BF.

madamekelly

I also have cats, so I have a cat proof tree. All of my ornaments are I unbreakable plastic (they look no different than the glass ones), and no tinsel. In stead if tinsel, I buy stings of plastic beads all summer at garage sales in colors I like, and cut each strand into three equal lengths, and drape over the branches instead of tinsel. I seem to have started a trend as all of my friends have adopted my idea instead of tinsel that can harm pets and kids. (I will post a picture for anyone interested in seeing how it looks.)