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Ok I think I voted.. Do I just click where it says 10?

Oh my gosh are you joking someone had the Ba..s to come here and try to get them to go over to a different board. Now that is low. I am glad that you were told about this.

Have you tryed Classmates.com (I think that is the name) maybe you can find an old class mate that has one he or she would not want anymore and be willing to sell it to you.

I wish I would have checked in that dept today. After I got everything I wanted from the 75% christmas stuff . Well I hope they will still be onsale on Sunday the next time I hit walmart. Thanks for letting us know.

That is so cool.. I am glad it all worked out for you. Family is the best.

http://mymerrychristmas.com/2005/pickle.shtml It is a quaint tradition that nobody wants to claim. And its story would not be the first tradition of Christmas born of a total fabrication. It is the little-known tradition of the Christmas pickle. The Christmas pickle is not really a pickle at all. It is a pickle-shaped ornament that is the last one hung on the tree on Christmas Eve. The first child to find the Christmas pickle gets an extra gift from Saint Nicholas. Or so the so-called legend goes. There are two other versions of the origins of the Christmas pickle. One is a family story of a Bavarian-born ancestor who fought in the American Civil War. A prisoner in poor health and starving, he begged a guard for just one pickle before he died. The guard took pity on him and found a pickle for him. The pickle by the grace of God gave him the mental and physical strength to live on. The other, perpetuated in Berrien Springs, MI, is a medieval tale of two Spanish boys traveling home from boarding school for the holidays. When they stopped at an inn for the night, the innkeeper, a mean and evil man, stuffed the boys into a pickle barrel. That evening, St. Nicholas stopped at the same inn, became aware of the boys' plight, tapped the pickle barrel with his staff, and the boys were magically freed. Berrien Springs calls itself the Christmas Pickle Capital of the World. They celebrate with an annual Christmas Pickle Festival held during the early part of December. A parade, led by the Grand Dillmeister who passes out fresh pickles along the parade route, is the featured event. You may even purchase the German glass pickle ornaments at the town’s museum. Rumor and speculation place the origin of this tradition in Germany. However few in modern-day Germany recognize or have even heard of the Christmas pickle. Some in West Germany blame generations of East Germans who may have had nothing more than pickles to decorate their Christmas trees with after World War II. But even families and historians in East Germany shrug at the mention of the Christmas pickle tradition. Regardless of where it came from, the Christmas tradition survives. Ornament manufacturers continue to make the specialty decoration and enjoy perpetuating the myth of its legendary origins -- false though they may be. http://mymerrychristmas.com/2005/images/pickle.jpg

Thanks everyone This was fun. Sitting here with all of you and with my family trying to answer some of these questions.

Ding Ding Ding you got it......:)

think Green

Hint.... Try thinking of a Veggie

Nope this is somewthing I learned about a few years ago. I never knew anything like this....

Oh my gosh you are GOOD!!!! You got it right Ok here is another easy one To determine who opens the first Christmas gift. What kind of glass Christmas ornament has to be found first on the Christmas tree?

What American President barred the Christmas Tree from being displayed in the White House?

I got a couple more if anyone wants to play .. Let me know

You got it.....

Keep Guessing

nope

I was on the offline deal thread and seen that Kohls has 90% off on some of there stuff. So I went there today. I got a total of $233 worth of stuff for only $40.30. So I put the stuff away already for next christmas. I have to say this is the earlyest I have started shopping for Christmas.

Oh my gosh I love this. My husband is a type that does not like this time of the year... I will have to remember this.

You know it sounds like you have raised a wonderful young man. Congrats

I agree I have saved so much money with this board and all the wonderful things people post.

That is so cool for you. I am so glad that you are happy.

You got it right. What best selling Christmas song did Gene Autry record in 1951?

What popular Christmas candy today had it’s debute and was given out by a choirmaster in 1670 to quiet the noisy children?

Ok My bill started off at $233.00 when they got it all rang up with tax my bill was $40.30. So I guess I start my shopping for next year already. Thanks for the wonderful post.