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01/06/2004 10:08:27 PM |
Funny, I just called it a Christmas Pickle without knowing the history behind it. Only after people started commenting on it that I found some information out.
As Harz pointed out it's an American tradition. Supposedly all the stories of it being a German tradition, finding it for a lucky or special prize was all made up just to increase revenue. Actual Germans know nothing about the tradition, even glass blowers in Germany that make Christmas decorations.
This one was given to us by my girlfriends parents. This was one of many glass blown decorations in a very large box of glass fruits, veggies, dolls and other various Christmas themes. We hang this one on the fish tank where our fish "Mr. Pickles" lives. |
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01/06/2004 07:59:26 PM |
| hahah, we were making fun of one of these in a christmas store :) |
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01/06/2004 05:21:49 PM |
| The pickle is delightfully tacky and well photographed...good DOF. It is, BTW, a German trandition, the pickle part, not the face. |
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01/05/2004 08:59:58 PM |
| Haa...now that is tacky! Looks like something from Pee-Wee's playhouse. |
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01/05/2004 03:03:06 AM |
| LOL, looks like a runner bean... Good shot, maybe a little sharper would have helped. |
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01/04/2004 01:38:27 PM |
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01/03/2004 04:05:40 AM |
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01/02/2004 11:40:53 PM |
| We used to hunt for these to see who opened the first present... Brings back fond memories of all the tacky Christmas traditions we had/have. Plus a nice use of light and reflection. |
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01/02/2004 09:50:57 AM |
| Now that's a tacky christmas decoration! |
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01/02/2004 02:03:49 AM |
Very tacky! At least in my eyes, because I just recently read in the internet that the pickel in the christmas tree is supposed to be a German tradition in the eyes of the US-americans. It ain't! Totally unknown in Germany.
Anyhow, technically it's well made, nice use of light and DOF. Great background too. Maybe the pickle is captured too straight. Taking the image more from the side might have been better.
And of course it fits the challenge. Good luck! |
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01/02/2004 01:12:43 AM |
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01/01/2004 06:17:13 PM |
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01/01/2004 03:28:40 PM |
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01/01/2004 03:21:34 AM |
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12/31/2003 04:06:49 PM |
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12/31/2003 03:34:27 PM |
| what did you get for finding the pickle? |
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12/31/2003 12:32:30 PM |
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12/31/2003 10:20:48 AM |
| Did someone pay money for this? Actual cash? ;-) Very fitting the theme and well done |
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12/31/2003 07:17:51 AM |
I recently read about the tradition of the christmas pickle, something like the first child to find the christmas pickle on the tree christmas morning gets an extra gift or something like that.
Cute shot, nice lighting. 7 |
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12/31/2003 06:13:14 AM |
| LOL! I like this one--tacky in a good way. |
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12/31/2003 05:15:45 AM |
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12/31/2003 03:52:45 AM |
| Hey, a pickle on the Christmas tree is a Polish tradition. It is to be the first on and the last off of the tree. Great picture. I agree this is a tacky pickle |
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12/30/2003 11:15:48 PM |
| Ah! Where'd you get that :D It's adorable! Great photo, good coloring |
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12/30/2003 10:14:24 PM |
| OMG...this is tacky! Good lighting except the bulb on the top left is distracting. Perhaps if there were more bulbs, or no bulbs. But what a pickle! |
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