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This is one of those odd traditions that no one seems to know why it is even a “thing”. Once upon a time (as all good stories start) in the 1880s, Woolworths imported glass Christmas ornaments from Germany. Many of these ornaments were in the shape of a variety of fruits and vegetables, including the pickle. This was supposedly because (and again, as all good stories go) the Germans hung the pickle on the tree last, and the first imp in the morning to find the pickle got an extra present. Funny thing is, not a single German had ever...

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Like many traditions, it is hard to pin a time and place on the origination, but the tradition of lighting candles at Christmas continues to this day regardless of where and when it started.Candles have been used in winter solstice celebrations to signify spring, and candles are at the center of Hanukkah, which is known as the Jewish Festival of Light. Kwanzaa also uses a special holder called a kinara to hold seven candles that are lit to mark the winter festival. Records from the Middle Ages indicate that a single large candle was used to represent the Star of...

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