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The tradition of the Christmas pickle is one of the strangest Christmas customs that I've heard of. In the 1880s, Woolworth stores, which were a chain of department stores in the USA, started selling glass ornaments from Germany, some of which were shaped like fruits and vegetables. The pickle was said to be a special ornament. The first child that found the pickle on the Christmas tree got an extra present. However, my German friends, most of whom have heard this story from me, say it's not a German tradition at all! However, there are two stories, both of which link the pickle to Christmas. One is of a soldier who was born in Bavaria. He was a prisoner and starving. He asked a guard for one last pickle. The guard took pity on him, which meant he gave him a pickle. What happened was that the pickle gave the prisoner the strength to live on. The other story that is told to children is linked to St. Nicholas. When two boys stopped at an inn, the evil innkeeper killed them and put them in a pickle barrel. That same evening, during which St. Nicholas stopped at the inn, he found the boys and brought them back to life, which surprised everybody, of course. Actually, there is another legend whose plot is similar, but pickles aren't mentioned in it! So, it's likely that ornament salesmen, who had a lot of pickles to sell, most of which probably didn't look beautiful, invented the story of the Christmas pickle to sell the ugly ornaments. Or what do you think?
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The tradition of the Christmas pickle is one of the strangest Christmas customs that I've heard of. In the 1880s, Woolworth stores, which were a chain of department stores in the USA, started selling glass ornaments from Germany, some of which were shaped like fruits and vegetables. The pickle was said to be a special ornament. The first child that found the pickle on the Christmas tree got an extra present. However, my German friends, most of whom have heard this story from me, say it's not a German tradition at all! However, there are two stories, both of which link the pickle to Christmas. One is of a soldier who was born in Bavaria. He was a prisoner and starving. He asked a guard for one last pickle. The guard took pity on him, which meant he gave him a pickle. What happened was that the pickle gave the prisoner the strength to live on. The other story that is told to children is linked to St. Nicholas. When two boys stopped at an inn, the evil innkeeper killed them and put them in a pickle barrel. That same evening, during which St. Nicholas stopped at the inn, he found the boys and brought them back to life, which surprised everybody, of course. Actually, there is another legend whose plot is similar, but pickles aren't mentioned in it! So, it's likely that ornament salesmen, who had a lot of pickles to sell, most of which probably didn't look beautiful, invented the story of the Christmas pickle to sell the ugly ornaments. Or what do you think?