The pickle as a Christmas ornament is also associated with Saint Nicholas. I've seen at least a couple different versions of the story behind the Christmas pickle, though they follow the same basic line. In one a couple of Spanish school boys are traveling home from their boarding school for Christmas and stop for the night at an inn. The inn keeper, an evil man, takes the boys possessions then kills them and stuffs them in a pickle barrel. St. Nicholas arrives that night and becomes aware of what happened to the boys. Going to the barrel he taps it with his staff and the boys are restored to life and thank him before continuing on their way. In the other version it's three school boys, no mention of where their from or even that their from a boarding school Only that their traveling home for Christmas and stop at an inn. The inn keeper and his wife are evil people who kill the boys in their sleep and chop their bodies up before stuffing them in pickle barrels. St. Nicholas arrives at the inn and goes to the basement where the barrels are stored. Invoking the name of Christ he commands the boys to rise and be whole again, which they promptly do and are able to be reunited with their families. Both versions of the story are supposed to be an example of a miracle he supposedly preformed though scholars point to such stories as appearing centuries after his death.
The pickle as a Christmas ornament is also associated with Saint Nicholas. I've seen at least a couple different versions of the story behind the Christmas pickle, though they follow the same basic line. In one a couple of Spanish school boys are traveling home from their boarding school for Christmas and stop for the night at an inn. The inn keeper, an evil man, takes the boys possessions then kills them and stuffs them in a pickle barrel. St. Nicholas arrives that night and becomes aware of what happened to the boys. Going to the barrel he taps it with his staff and the boys are restored to life and thank him before continuing on their way. In the other version it's three school boys, no mention of where their from or even that their from a boarding school Only that their traveling home for Christmas and stop at an inn. The inn keeper and his wife are evil people who kill the boys in their sleep and chop their bodies up before stuffing them in pickle barrels. St. Nicholas arrives at the inn and goes to the basement where the barrels are stored. Invoking the name of Christ he commands the boys to rise and be whole again, which they promptly do and are able to be reunited with their families. Both versions of the story are supposed to be an example of a miracle he supposedly preformed though scholars point to such stories as appearing centuries after his death.