Kicking off this cliché series is my spring chicken interpretation. Watch out world Flow the Fowl is bouncing and clucking her way all over Phoenix, Arizona and who knows where she will travel to next if given a chance.

Origin: In the early 1700s, Farmers found that chickens born in the spring brought better prices than ‘old’ ones that had gone through the winter. When farmers tried to sell the old birds as ‘new spring born’, buyers complained that they were ‘no spring chicken’. The first recorded use of the phrase in its figurative meaning was in 1906. (1)

One friend said Christmas Pickles may be a German tradition. Curious if this was true I did a few internet searches. In the 1880s Woolworth stores started selling glass ornaments imported from Germany and some were in the shape of various fruit and vegetables. This may be where they came from, but I like the one that probably isn’t true. Which is that the Christmas Pickle was a very old German tradition and that the pickle was the last ornament hung on the Christmas tree and the first child to find the pickle got an extra present.

If only I knew about this extra present business back in the day. Whatever the origin Christmas Pickle ornaments sure make me laugh. I hope these little guys give you a smile as well.