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The pickle tradition is that the parents hide the pickle on the Christmas tree after the family decorates it. Then, the first child to find the pickle receives an extra present or a special treat. Oddly enough when research was done to discover the origin of this tradition in Germany, most all Germans questioned about the tradition had never heard of it.
Yes, but often, it is not a real pickle. It is usually a Christmas ornament that looks like a pickle. They are usually made of blown glass.
some people say they hide a pickle ornament in a Christmas tree and if a child finds it they get an extra gift from St.Nick but nobody in Germany had even heard of this tradition.
There are a couple of stories. The most common is that an evil inn keeper stuffed a couple of boys in a pickle barrel. Santa found them and freed them with his magical staff. To celebrate the boys being saved, families hang a glass pickle on the tree. The pickle, being the same color as the tree is hard to find. The first child to find the pickle gets an extra gift from Santa.
A barge board is a board fastened to the projecting gables of a roof to protect and hide other timbers.
In my family it was a Christmas Pig made of marzipan (ground almonds). aka a "Jul gris".
Hide is a verb. (action word)
Some animals play hide and seek or take to action simply to have fun, just like human beings.
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Hide and Shriek - 1938 is rated/received certificates of: USA:Approved USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
No Place to Hide - 1956 is rated/received certificates of: USA:Approved USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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