The tradition goes like this: On Christmas Eve, parents put a pickle ornament on the family Christmas tree. On Christmas morning, the first child to find the pickle gets to open the first gift ...

Her Christmas tree theme of choice was the nostalgic ... German nationals if they were familiar with the Christmas pickle tradition, and 91% said they didn't know what it was.

The tradition of the Christmas pickle is most prevalent in the American Midwest, where a significant number of residents have German origins. This decoration is always the last one placed on a ...

There is something about the holiday season that brings out the weird and whacky traditions, and there’s one that you may not have heard of — unless your family hides it! We’re talking about ...