1. A Pickle for Christmas
Where: USA, Germany.
The Christmas pickle, known as Weihnachtsgurke in Old World Germany, is an Old World custom that is also American. It costs between $10 and $20 for the ornament.
The Christmas Pickle is a German custom that originated in the 1500s and involves putting a pickle into your Christmas tree each year.
The Pickle for Christmas
Instead of a salty Kroger or other grocery store pickle, a pickle ornament is now hung. A unique gift will be unwrapped from beneath the tree for the first child to find the pickle in the tree.