A family ritual: going to the same tree farm we've visited for years in a row (a lovely family-run farm), the adults put on the lights and the angel, and the kids hang the decorations. We had a bit of debate about whose turn it was to hide the pickle, but the kids were gracious about it and worked it out between themselves. (So the pickle tradition seems to have actually been invented in America. But my German-descent American grandma said the reason to hide a pickle had nothing to do with good luck or getting an extra present ... it was because Christmas is too sweet and to make sure you don't attract bad luck you have to put a little sour into all that sweetness.)
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