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From the 97.9 WGBW newsroom, I'm Connie Felman with this local news update.
The 3426 loss wasn't the only heartbreak for the Packers in Mile High City.
After battling it out to take the lead four times in the first half,
the third quarter brought a double dose of injuries to key players.
Wide receiver Christian Watson left the field with a chest injury.
Then, Sarah Pass rusher, Micah Parsons went down with what's believed to be a torn ACL,
with just 44 seconds left in the third quarter.
The loss puts the Packers back behind Chicago ahead of their soldier field showdown next weekend.
Some lucky school kids in Green Bay are in for a special treat during story time today.
Packers players are reading them stories as part of free book fairs supported by the Packers.
John Fitzpatrick, Lucida Smith, and Dalton Cooper are reading to students at
Onida Nation Elementary and Dodie Elementary this afternoon.
As part of the book fairs, each student gets to choose three brand new books to keep at no cost.
Each school will also receive an additional 250 books for their school and classroom libraries.
Tubing season on Aaron's Hill is officially open with weather conditions allowing for
ample snow making and mother nature providing plenty of her own.
The top tubing spot in Green Bay should be in great shape for the season.
With extreme cold like we had over the weekend though, people are reminded to check
Title Town's website and social media platforms for the most up-to-date information on any
closures or cancellations. It's your last chance tonight to get those packer autographs and
support the Salvation Army at the same time. Players with Sean Geary, Sean Ryan,
Barry and Cerelle, and Daniel Wheelan are scheduled to be at festival foods in Swamico tonight at 5 pm.
This is the last autograph signing event this season to support the Red Kettle campaign.
Fans are asked to donate a minimum of $50 in exchange for an autograph.
All proceeds go toward helping families in need, seniors, and people experiencing homelessness
in the Green Bay area. So what is up with this Christmas Pickle tradition? Have you ever heard of it?
Does your family participate in the festive pickle pursuit? A lot of people around our area do.
Here's the tradition. A glass pickle ornament is hidden deep within the Christmas tree.
On Christmas morning, when kids wake up to find gifts from Santa under the tree,
they also look for the pickle. The first one to find the Christmas pickle inside the tree
gets an extra surprise Christmas morning. They may get to play elf and hand out presents
or get a small extra gift themselves in addition to the good luck that comes with finding the pickle.
So where did this tradition come from? Many say it's a German tradition called
Vynachtgurtka. That's German for Christmas pickle.
One fun story goes all the way back to the American Civil War when a Bavarian-born soldier
was captured and taken prisoner. On Christmas Eve, the starving man begged the prison guard
for a pickle. The guard provided the pickle, which the soldier later credited with saving his life.
So after returning to his family in Bavaria, the man started a tradition of hiding a pickle
on their Christmas tree each year. Isn't that fun? Well, it's not true. There's another story,
going back even further to the Victorian era, where St. Nicholas rescues two Spanish children
who were trapped in a barrel of pickles by an evil innkeeper. That one gets a little dark if
you dig deeper into it. But the truth is, it's more likely in all American-born tradition,
going back to the 1890s when glass tree ornaments were imported from Germany.
Woolworths was the first company to import these types of decorations in the United States.
Most historians believe the tradition originated with a very enterprising salesman trying to push
these beautiful, hand-blown, glass vegetable ornaments, but no one wanted the pickle. So he
created the tradition, basically to push the pickles. Wherever and however it got started,
families have been hiding pickle ornaments inside their trees for nearly 150 years.
With news at the top and bottom of the hour all day and on demand any time at wgbw.fm,
I'm Connie Feldman, 97.9 wgbw news.
It's the Packers and the Bears. Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports. When the Packers play the Bears,
Saturday night in Chicago, it'll be to regain the lead in the NSE North. The Bears now back in first
place. After beating the Browns, the Packers losing to the Broncos and losing Micah Parsons.
On MRI confirmed, he suffered a torn ACL. Parsons likely won't be back until October,
missing the first four games of next season. Cheese quarterback Patrick Mahomes had his ACL
surgery last night. Doctors say they also had to repair a torn LCL as well. Women's college
volleyball, Wisconsin Badgers, headed to Kansas City where they'll play number one rank Kentucky.
In the NCAA Final Four, Thursday night, APM coverage on ESPN.
You've got a credible talent, great coaching staffs. We play together and one of the toughest
environments in the game. I'm excited for them to experience what's next because it's pretty cool.
That's Badgers volleyball coach Kelly Sheffield with sports on Mic Clemens.
A little breezy, mostly cloudy today with a high of 34 this afternoon.
Tonight will drop down to 20 for an overnight low tomorrow sunshine in the morning,
becoming cloudy by later in the day, 32 with some rain and eventually snow late tomorrow night
through Thursday. I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.