5 Highly Unusual , US Christmas Traditions.br These five American br traditions baffle Christmas br celebrators in other parts of the world.br Decorating Trees br With Popcorn.br German-Americans who br traditionally decorated their trees br with fruits and nuts are thought br to have been the first to do this.br TV Yule Logs.br The first burning log aired on TV in br the 1960s. Now it streams on Netflix.br Drunk Santa.br Santacon got its start br as a San Francisco br pub crawl in 1994.br The NYC event raised over br $400,000 for charities in the br five years before COVID-19 hit.br Eggnog.br The base ingredient of this American br holiday staple is egg yolks, which doesn't br seem to appeal to the rest of the world.br Hidden Pickle Ornaments.br In this U.S.