This recipe was adapted from the 1951 edition of “Joy of Cooking” by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker. The combination of green and red in these pickles will remind you of Christmas.

Combine the cucumbers, onion and pepper in a nonmetallic bowl. Sprinkle with the salt and mix well. Let the vegetables stand 1 hour. Drain and return them to the same bowl.

The pickled onion recipe, overleaf, is inspired by one of them, the mother of my friend, Simon. Sue used to make the most amazing pickled onions, a jar of which I’d always get for Christmas.

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‘The Christmas Pickle’ is a holiday tradition every family will love. If you’ve spotted pickle ornaments in stores this holiday season and wondered who on earth is decorating their tree with a salty ...

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Some American families hide a pickle ornament on their Christmas tree for someone to find Dec. 25, and many believe the tradition started in Germany—though its origins are murky.

The Christmas pickle was originally called Weihnachtsgurke, a German word, which suggests it originated there. But modern Germans don’t follow this custom, so that’s unlikely.