CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
TWO CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS:
A CHRISTMAS PICKLE AND THE BELSNICKLE
The longer I live the more I learn about different holiday traditions. Two I recently learned about are the Christmas Pickle and the Belsnickle.
THE CHRISTMAS PICKLE
Many, many years ago, when my son Nolan was recently returned from a post-doctoral position in Munich, Germany, he and his wife Tammy presented my husband Monte and I with a German Christmas ornament, a pickle in a jar. I’ve had it out each holiday season since.
According to German tradition, the pickle brings (more…)
