Christmas pickle

what's a christmas pickle?

'@thestankiestleg' Something you eat

I am an American; I have never heard of a Christmas pickle.

Nice touch making Ottowa have one in his mouth.

I think one thing that you might want to change is make Ottawa's body a bit smaller

@BinBin Ottawa put on holiday weight it was all the pickles

As an American, I'd never heard about this until earlier this year, and that was from a British guy on Youtube talking about this supposed 'American tradition'.

this is actually a thing in Germany, but only in a special part of it I know it from friends that live in Stuttgart. But here in Bavaria no one knows about it xD

@abbyfriend really? are you sure from my research a very small percent even know about it or do it
I wonder did it come from Germany or did they only started doing it cause they learn about it from Americans?
I'm curious about this whole pickle on a tree thing

@AmericanButterfly I've heard of hiding a tiny chocolate figure in the tree and the first one to find it gets to open the first present... (in berlin, but I don't know anyone from Berlin besides the people I heard it from)

@blackcat I think hiding chocolate/other sweets makes more sense than a pickle

@AmericanButterfly I did not see that reply, sorry. So there is this tale form the middle ages where St Nicolaus resurrected 3 dead boys that where swimming in a pickle barrel. The tradition I know from swabia/bavaria stems from that tale, to remind people of that tale.

@abbyfriend I heard of that when I was trying to find out more info about the "Christmas Pickle"