Yeah, but the adage "never let the truth get in the way of a good story" applies here, so it's become accepted in th US mind.

Agreed - never heard of that one before.

Yeah, the pickle is hidden somewhere else ;)

From Wikipedia: "This tradition is commonly believed by Americans to come from Germany and be referred to as a Weihnachtsgurke (German for "Christmas pickle"), but this is probably apocryphal. It has been suggested that the origin of the Christmas pickle may have been developed in the 1890s to coincide with the importation of glass Christmas tree decorations from Germany. Woolworths was the first company to import these types of decorations into the United States in 1890, and glass blown decorative vegetables were imported from France from 1892 onwards. Despite the evidence showing that the tradition did not originate in Germany, the concept of Christmas pickles has since been imported from the United States and they are now on sale in the country traditionally associated with it." - looks like Gerda Kundrotaitė didn't bother researching all their "quiz" questions XD EDIT: also looks like someone is big mad at me enough to downvote me XD I wonder if it was the literal copy-pasted text from the Wikipedia article that BekkA mentioned (I didn't make it up, guys) or if the author is upset we're pointing out actual reality XD