Is the prize for finding the pickle going to be a kiss? (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
It miiiiight have something to do with mistletoe. ;)
I’m compiling a few posts with several answers, but I wanted to do this one separate because I had a few comments about the pickle tradition. I’m hoping it isn’t too weird that I included it. xP It’s personally my favorite holiday tradition, and I think the reactions to it have been pretty funny so far. Does anyone else do it?
It’s an old German tradition! My great-grandparents are from Germany, so they passed the tradition to my grandfather, who did it with his kids and then grandkids. My parents never took to the tradition, but he bought me a glass pickle ornament one year as a reward for finding it in the tree, and now it’s a tradition I passed on to my friends, and they all have their own pickles. I haven’t put up a tree in a couple of years, but I used to have a Christmas party where everyone would look for the pickle. It was fun. Now, the pickle ornament just sits on top of my bookshelf.
I kinda waffled back and forth over whether or not to include it in SSLL (because I know it’s an uncommon tradition), but this is the first year my grandfather won’t be able to hide the pickle in the tree since he’s bed-ridden, so I kinda wanted a part of him to live in the story. I hope you guys can forgive the self-indulgence there when I make it up to you with a pickle prize~.