The Christmas Nail poem:
This is The Christmas Nail.
It is to be hung on a sturdy branch,
a branch near the trunk,
a branch that will hold such a spike without being noticed by well-wishers
dropping by to admire one's tinseled tree.
The nail is known only to the home that hangs it.
Understood only by the heart that knows its significance.
It is hung with the thought...that the Christmas tree but foreshadows the Christ-tree
which only He could decorate for us,
ornamented with nails as this.
some people say they hide a pickle ornament in a Christmas tree and if a child finds it they get an extra gift from St.Nick but nobody in Germany had even heard of this tradition.
Yes, but often, it is not a real pickle. It is usually a Christmas ornament that looks like a pickle. They are usually made of blown glass.
People don't 'hide' their horses. They may take them inside a stable for a while each day/ night, but they don't hide them.
People used to have them to hide all of their riches
In my family it was a Christmas Pig made of marzipan (ground almonds). aka a "Jul gris".
obviously under the Christmas tree, cabinets, under parents bed, closets, and maybe even a drawer.
Large wooden horse used to hide people inside it.
In the middle of course!
a coin
The Hope I Hide Inside was created on 2004-04-27.
In the Attic or Basement
I hide mine at a friends house.