Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christmas pickle


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The result of the debate was Keep. Physchim62 15:44, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Christmas pickle
I've studied Christmas fairly extensively, and I've never heard of anything like this. Plus, it would see the few comments made by people from Germany point to this not being the tradition it's made out to be. Maybe a merge into Christmas ornament or Christmas tradition as a section? Sahasrahla 21:45, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now.  No opinion. &mdash;Cryptic (talk) 13:26, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * keep or barring that, merge to Christmas ornament. reason?  we put one of these on my Christmas tree.  Google picks up some interesting links .  Also, Berrien Springs, Michigan is the ""Christmas Pickle Capital of the World." --Kewp (t) 15:21, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to Christmas ornament. Could be notable there.-[[User:DakotaKahn|Dakota (Talk)]]
 * Strong Keep this is a semi-hoax, but a notable one. The pickles are quite commonly sold in the US (and probably other places) with the story that there's a German tradition behind them.  The German origin story seems to be false, and the pickles aren't even sold there.  However, the myth is so widely believed (and almost always hald as truth even by respectable sources) that it's worth documenting here.   Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  16:16, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * After Googling a bit, I've found an annual Christmas Pickle Festival as well as a published book called The Christmas Pickle (ISBN 0972523103) with an extended version of the legend. Changing vote to Strong Keep. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  16:34, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Here's a link to an AP story about the Christmas Pickle Festival (and parade, apparently). Ok, I'm done now. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  16:36, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Andy has too much time on his hands... :)  Keep.--Isotope23 17:25, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand as per Andrew Lenahan as there is verifiable information about this topic. You learn something new everyday at this place. :>) Capitalistroadster 18:33, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep this well-known and popular Christmas tradition. It is even showcased in the film Bad Santa where the fat kid gives a Christmas pickle he carved himself to Billy Bob Thornton's character.--Nicodemus75 20:01, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * keep and sahasrahla can you please withdraw your nomination it is verifiable Yuckfoo 23:52, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Good job on the research, Andy. Me, I'll throw in that in my family it's said that the Christmas pickle is a German-American Thing, but I don't know how verifiable that tidbit is. In any case, there's certainly enough information out there to merit a full article. --Jacquelyn Marie 03:46, 15 October 2005 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.