When my son, Michael (10) was almost done helping decorate, he found the glass pickle. We're not German but I think it's a German tradition where I hide the pickle on Christmas Eve when the kids go to bed and, on Christmas morning, whoever finds it first (hanging on the tree), gets to open the first gift. Kendall (13) said "oh, Mom, the rest of us don't care about the pickle, just let Michael open the first gift." I said "no! we have to follow tradition!" Kendall rolled her eyes. The pickle stays!
