Every year, the weekend after Thanksgiving, we go out and find a Christmas tree.
We take our time and pick out just the right one that will fit in our living room. I like to find a tall tree so that it will reach to the ceiling. Of course, Paul has to trim it when we get home and it always seem to end up kind of short. Paul and I put on the lights, then the kids hang all the special ornaments. We have to pick and choose which ornaments will go on the tree because every year my mom gives each of us a new ornament that represents a special memory of that year, so we have quite the collection. Each of our kids will have a special collection that is full of memories to decorate their own trees when they leave the nest. The last ornament that we hang is the Christmas Pickle.
A very old Christmas eve tradition in Germany was to hide a pickle deep in the branches of the Christmas Tree. In the morning the most observant child would receive an extra gift from St. Nicholas. The first adult who finds the pickle traditionally gets good luck for the whole year. So we hide the pickle on Christmas Eve and have the best time in the morning watching the kids scramble over each other, trying to be the first one to find the pickle. Thankfully no one has tripped and fallen on the tree!
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