Happy New Year...introducing Hunt the Pickle

Wow. What a fantastic Christmas game this is and I'm only sorry I haven't posted it sooner. My brother's delightful American paramour Jess joined us for Christmas week, and introduced this tradition to us. You pin a pickle-shaped ornament somewhere in the branches of your tree. Then you all look for it. The first one to find the pickle gets a special prize. Apparently it's a tradition of German-Americans but Jess does admit that she hasn't met any actual Germans who know anything about it. Well folks, lucky me - I was the winner of the 2010 Leedale Pickle Hunt. I think that actually it's fair enough that I won since the prize was some glittery, kitsch-beyond-kitsch Christmas decorations in the shape of American junk food. Hurray! 

Top-bottom, l-r: milkshake, hamburger, hotdog, Philly cheese steak [? not sure about this one],  pretzel,  French fries, pizza, popcorn. God Bless America.

The pickle! 

I hope you've all had a wonderful 2010 and that 2011 proves to be happy, healthy, and productive!