Do you play hide the pickle?

[paigevz]

I am SO gonna be a pickle for MNSSHP!!!!!!

 

[MissMinnie]

Mine is tiny like a gherkin and is about the size of the last 2 knuckles on my pinky.

I'm sorry to hear this.....................

Sorry, I couldn't resist. My mind is acting juvenile tonight!!!

 

[hiwaygal]

I'm sorry to hear this.....................

Sorry, I couldn't resist. My mind is acting juvenile tonight!!!

resistance is futile.

 

[lilkitty819]

You all are to much

 

[Stepharoonie!]

So...how many of you like those foot long pickles at WDW? They're HUGE.

 

[willis37862]

Twice a week...whether we want to or not!

It's good exercise!!!

Hiding the pickle?!?

 

[Stepharoonie!]

 

[bigmerle1966]

So...how many of you like those foot long pickles at WDW? They're HUGE.

Dang that one would hurt!

 

[hiwaygal]

Hiding the pickle?!?

and bowling!

We're newlyweds!

 

[willis37862]

and bowling!

We're newlyweds!

Sure bowling too

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Dang that one would hurt!

Why oh why do I keep coming back to this thread?

 

[kwdietrich1]

I hate to be the serious voice, but my SIL is German and is living in Germany while my DH's brother is in Iraq. I emailed her if this was something she has ever heard of. She replied that her family does this every year. She went on to say that not every German follows the same traditions, and that each German state has their own customs back in the day that each state was ruled by a Duke, Prince or King.

Interesting...

Now back to the regulary scheduled programming..

 

[tevagirl]

I hate to be the serious voice, but my SIL is German and is living in Germany while my DH's brother is in Iraq. I emailed her if this was something she has ever heard of. She replied that her family does this every year. She went on to say that not every German follows the same traditions, and that each German state has their own customs back in the day that each state was ruled by a Duke, Prince or King.

Interesting...

Now back to the regulary scheduled programming..

Which would be bowling with pickles.

 

[willis37862]

Why oh why do I keep coming back to this thread?

I think we all know why....you love the pickles

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I think we all know why....you love the pickles

No, I love snark.

 

[bigmerle1966]

Which would be bowling with pickles.

 

[willis37862]

Which would be bowling with pickles.

 

[disneymom3]

You really are doing it wrong!! Just sayin

And at the same time.....eeeww.

 

[phamton]

Interesting fact....


One of our really good friends is from Germany. She moved here about 10 years ago. Last year, we went to Epcot to eat at the German buffet, and stopped in their store with the German pickles. I asked her if she played "hide the pickle" at their home, and she gave me the STRANGEST look. I said that Disney was selling the pickle ornaments, and you're supposed to play hide the pickle. She said she had never, in her entire life, heard of such a strange thing to do. I told her WDW had a sign up saying it was a German custom...then showed her the sign.

After she read it, she marched over to a couple of the German CM's and started rattling off a conversation in German. Lots of laughter. She thanked them and came back. Apparently, this is NOT something that Germans do, because the group of CMs had never heard of it until they came to Epcot.

So now you know. And knowing is half the battle.

You are correct--it isn't a traditional German custom:
http://german.about.com/library/blgermyth11.htm

"German Myth 11
The German Christmas Pickle

Die Weihnachtsgurke

German Misnomers, Myths and Mistakes > The Christmas Pickle


The German Christmas Pickle Tradition:
Myth or Reality?

It never fails. Every December someone asks about the German Christmas pickle ornament that's supposed to have a long tradition in Germany.

Here's the pickle “legend” from one Web site: “A very old Christmas eve tradition in Germany was to hide a pickle [ornament] deep in the branches of the family Christmas Tree. The parents hung the pickle last after all the other ornaments were in place. In the morning they knew 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.” This Christmas pickle story, with a few minor variations, can be found all over the Web and in print inside the ornament package. It says that Germans hang a pickle-shaped glass ornament on the Christmas tree hidden away so it's difficult to find. The first child to find it on Christmas morning gets a special treat or an extra present.

Of course, anyone familiar with German Christmas customs can see the flaws in this “legend.” First of all, the German St. Nick doesn't show up on Christmas Eve. He arrives on the 5th or 6th of December. Nor do German children open their presents on Christmas morning. That happens on Christmas Eve in Germany.

But the biggest problem with the German pickle (saure Gurke, Weihnachtsgurke) tradition is that no one in Germany seems to have ever heard of it. Over the years this question has repeatedly come up on the AATG (German Teachers) forum. Teachers of German in the U.S. and in Europe have never been able to find a native German who has even heard of the pickle legend, much less carried out this Christmas custom. It may have been some German-American invention by someone who wanted to sell more glass ornaments for Christmas."

Edited to add: Sorry I missed duckfan's post of this same information.

 

[NewJersey]

wow..my mind is in the gutter. I did NOT think this thread was about christmas ornaments.