Ah, thanks for sharing that. I thought it might be something to do with German ancestry on your part, since you rendered the language so flawlessly. And the bit about Berlin made me smile, though I'm proud to say that my home city was actually the first German federal state to make registering gay civil partnerships possible. ;)

I have, however, never heard of the Christmas pickle tradition, though I do agree with you on the accent making that sentence somewhat hilarious. :) Thanks for the taste of home in your wonderful fic, heh! :D