i found this gerken mold since then we've been producing these glass pickles. now he sells pickle ornaments to customers in places like japan norway switzerland and of course the united states. but if you just learned about this tradition then where did the story start well there are handful of legends surrounding the origin of the christmas pickle. one says that a prison guard took pity on a starving german born soldier during the american civil war and allowed him to eat a single pickle with this act of kindness he was able to survive and began hanging a pickle on history each year. some say it was this man frank w. woolworth who needed a gimmick when he began importing ornaments from germany to the u.s. in 880 s. . but maybe i need to ask someone who knows this christmas town the best so i'm eating laotian may or not but this man at las fact last winter. founded in 853 this is the oldest still existing glass in town mr mayor do you know the tradition of the christmas pickle as it's or am i not we were confused is the christmas pickle what's the point that's