The Christmas Pickle: The Strange Holiday Tradition Taking Over

When it comes to holiday traditions every family has different ones that they do every year. I know our family has plenty, but after I had my son and he was old enough to understand what a tradition was, I decided to start a holiday tradition featuring my FAVORITE snack of all time: A PICKLE!

The Christmas Pickle tradition is not something I made up. I had read an article about this tradition and wanted to try it with my son every year. However, I decided to switch up our tradition and instead of getting a special gift for finding the pickle, whoever finds the pickle will have good luck for the rest of the new year!

The concept is pretty simple: On Christmas Eve, parents sneakily place a pickle ornament on the Christmas tree. Fast forward to Christmas morning, and it’s game time! The first child to spot the pickle gets the ultimate prize of opening the first gift, or receiving a special present…

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