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Yup - I forgot them! Mixed flavors, but the cherry ones are everyone's fav. :>)

Sharon

"zski" wrote >

Thanks Sharon! This year will be the first that they aren't made of the exact same fabric. Oh well, they have to grow up sometime, right??

Larisa, know> It's not an odd tradition - I think everyone has something like it.

Hey! I remember those!!! My grandmother used to give them to me all the time.....they actually still make them???

Larisa, 30

zski wrote:

Yes, but they're not quite the same. My children don't know the difference, though.

I come from a very little town in Northern New York. A very nice, picturesque, little town, with a beautiful little park in the middle of main street, with a lovely marble arch dedicated to those lost in war. The local hospital is named after E. J. Noble, a local philanthropist who apparently bought the rights to the candy lifesaver and wrapped it in foil. Several years ago the town decided to honor ole E.J., and erected a giant Lifesaver roll in the park. I've seen a picture of it. It's got to be the ugliest, tackiest thing I've ever seen. Jeesh, what some people do...............

Sharon

Yeah - there are fewer rolls and a slightly different mix of flavors, but it's the thought that counts.

and where would this be??

Larisa, > I come from a very little town in Northern New York. A very nice,

Our Christmas tradition is slightly different! In our Christmas stocking we always found a Cox's orange Pippin apple, a tangerine, and a half crown in the toe! There was always some chocolate money, too, and half a dozen little presents (like Matchbox cars, fancy hair clips, posh soap, bath cubes etc. It was the only thing we were allowed to open before breakfast, and the apple and orange and whatever small amount of chocolate were the only things we were allowed to eat before breakfast. Dad used to go out mid morning to help all the other officers serve the men their Christmas lunch. He'd be back home mid afternoon, and we had Christmas Dinner in the evening.

We do much the same with James, and even though we have no work on Christmas Day, we still have dinner in the evening.

Ahhhh - I know where Liverpool is. My little town is Gouverneur - sits on Route 11, about 30 miles north of Watertown. I haven't been back in over 25 years, but my daughter went up and took pictures. Sharon

What's a Cox's orange Pippin apple? Aren't traditions great? Sharon

Man! You were almost in Canada!!! We got my SUV from a place in Watertown, and I didn't know until after the fact that we were so close to Canada!1 SOrry, my family is from south of the Mason-Dixon line, so I am always going to be a little foggy about the proximity of different states to Canada .

Larisa, feel> Ahhhh - I know where Liverpool is. My little town is Gouverneur - sits on

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Most of my family on my mom's side were French Canadian. We've lived in Virginia for 26 years now, I doubt I'll ever return north - I absolutely love this area. And with a southern son-in-law, I'm getting the southern education I missed in my public education ;>) Sharon

SOrry, my family is from south of the Mason-Dixon line, so

BTW - my mum says that she finds them at CVS, but you have to shop RIGHT after Thanksgiving.

It's lovely, tasty British apple, Sharon, that comes late in the season. Green with a rough skin and a red flush. They're gorgeous, but they're difficult to grow and they don't travel well. They are one of things I miss about England, though the French Reine des Reinettes is quite similar.

Kate's tradition is quite similar to my home one - apple, tangerine, chocolate money. Being a miner, my father usually worked Christmas Day so that he could take New Year's Day off (you had to work one or the other), so we too ate in the evening. This was always turkey, so probably quite similar to an American Thanksgiving menu.

:) Trish

My brother's and my Xmas stockings (in the 1930s-40s) were DD's wool knit golf socks that he no longer used. They were

*long* (intended to be worn with knickers (golf pants, not underwear), mostly bright orange with black stripes. There was always an apple, an orange, and a handful of mixed nuts in the foot, and some small (not necessarily cheap) wrapped gift. We were allowed to look in the stockings first thing in the morning, but with the family together, not alone. We could admire the wrapped gifts under the tree, but not touch them. Very rarely was there an unwrapped gift in the livingroom.

Same here, although I never have enough room in the stockings I pack for an apple. A few nuts and some Quality Street choccies as well. Our new family tradition is at least one Lush ballistic in the stocking as well :)

In our extended family, stockings are for everyone not just for kids. My Mum and I have it down to a fine art. Stockings shouldn't include boring things either. They can include silly hair bobbles and wind up toys etc.

Lloer (posting from work via Google)

OK, what's a Lush ballistic??

We've always eaten Christmas dinner in the evening - and it's always turkey. We've gone to the in-laws a few times and they had prime rib or something, but I always cooked a turkey at home, so the smell and nibbles are there waiting.

We have a huge breakfast after presents are opened (and everyone - including adults and animals - always get a toy to play with). My "toy" last year was my Viking Rose, and all I wanted to do was sew, forget about cooking!!! :>)

Our new family tradition is at least one Lush ballistic in the stocking as