Pickles in Christmas Trees

Nothing says Merry Christmas quite like a ornament, in the shape of a pickle that is. Like many families around the world, many of us have certain holiday traditions that we anticipate (or dread) as the blessed day approaches. For my family one of the Christmas traditions that we really enjoy is the pickle ornament. It is a supposed German tradition called Weihnachtsgurke. On Christmas Eve someone hides the ornament in the branches of the Christmas tree and in the morning whoever finds it first gets an extra present and a year of good luck. Not a bad deal! We also have the tradition of eating delicious hamburgers and shakes at Portillos on Christmas Eve. That tradition, I believe, is of American decent.

What are your traditions? What makes the holidays special to you? We really believe that it is those things, what we choose to remember and take time to do this time of year, that makes Christmas what it is. Whether it is something small, like pickle ornaments or something big, like celebrating God’s enormous love for us, we hope you are able to take time and enjoy all that Christmas has to offer. We hope and pray that each and every one of you, our friends, has a very Merry Christmas!!