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Largest Pickle Ornament: Pittsburgh's Pickle balloon sets world record

December 10, 2021
Largest Pickle Ornament: Pittsburgh sets world record

PITTSBURGH,  Pennsylvania, United States--The three-story high Heinz Pickle balloon, presented by Kraft Heinz and produced for the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership by Flyspace Productions, is decked out for the holidays at EQT Plaza on Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and ssets the world record for the Largest Pickle Ornament, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.


The World's Largest Pickle Ornament will be on display at EQT Plaza. Gates to the plaza will be open daily until 9 p.m., the CBS Pittsburgh reports.


The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership is asking people to share their selfies with the pickle by using the hashtag — #PickleOrnamentPGH.

Largest Pickle Ornament: Pittsburgh sets world record

The World’s Largest Pickle Ornament is presented by KraftHeinz and was produced for the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership by Flyspace Productions.

“The new giant pickle ornament was custom-designed to remain unsliced, and to withstand the elements throughout the holiday season,” said Richard Hooper, vice president of marketing and communications for the PDP, via email, for the Trib Live.


“With the pickle dill-saster disappointing a lot of people last year and becoming a metaphor for 2020, we wanted to really deliver on the spectacle this year.”

The World's Largest Pickle Ornament was grown as a gift from KraftHeinz to celebrate Heinz’s hometown roots, according to the PDP, which is inviting visitors to take a photo with the pickle and post it on social media via #PickleOrnamentPGH.


The pickle represents a German-American holiday tradition of hiding a pickle-shaped ornament on the family Christmas tree.

The first person to find the pickle on Christmas morning receives an extra present — or year of good luck.

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