Looking for shit and getting rewarded for finding stuff is an integral part of many holiday traditions.

During Easter, you’re hunting for eggs and the candies encased inside of them. At Passover, you’re searching for a cleverly hidden piece of matzah that reaps a cash reward.

And for Christmas, depending on your heritage, you might be on the prowl for a pickle and the extra gift that comes with finding it.

What is a Christmas Pickle?

It sounds weird, but it’s a real Christmas tradition, one that involves hanging a pickle-shaped ornament in a not-so-obvious place on your tree and giving the first person who finds it a gift.

The custom likely started with people making ornaments out of actual cucumbers, but now you can find them made out of glass, metal, felt, plastic, and wood. They’re sold pretty much everywhere.

You can buy fancy bespoke ones on Etsy or spend a few bucks and get cheap, mass-produced ones from Dollar Tree.