HIT: German Pickle Ornament

[Sharon Arndt <sharndt@GW.KCKPS.K12.KS.US>]

LM_NETTERS,

Thank you to all who responded.  It seems there are many people with =
German heritage that have never heard of this custom.  One person =
suggested it may have come from Czech or Slavic area.  Of those that had =
heard the custom it goes like this"

On Christmas Eve after the children are in bed.  The parents decorate the =
Chirstmas tree.  The last ornament to  be placed on the tree is the glass =
pickle.  It is hidden in the boughs of the tree.=20

On Christmas morning the children try to find the pickle.  It is hard to =
locate because it is green like the tree.  The first one to locate it gets =
an extra gift.  If the family couldn't afford the extra gift the child =
gets to open their present first.

 Sharon Arndt
Frank Rushton Elementary
Kansas City, KS 66103
sharndt@kckps.k12.ks.us

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