Christmas Day thread

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Mandymoo Jan 2022 2:51pm, 10 Jan 2022 13,479 posts	0 Mandymoo Mine are still growing in the garden 😁
Steve NordRunner Jan 2022 3:00pm, 10 Jan 2022 1,079 posts	0 Steve NordRunner Anyone remember when chocolate eggs were for easter, chocolate orange was xmas, and sweets generally were for children. Expanding the age-group and time of year were classic responses to get out of a saturated market.
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) Jan 2022 3:07pm, 10 Jan 2022 17,101 posts	0 3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) Expanding the waistlines of the new target market too!
shyfire Jan 2022 3:09pm, 10 Jan 2022 389 posts	0 shyfire Aldi stollen bites 9p a pack. And I had just cleared the cupboards of all the chocolates and sweet stuff.
Velociraptor Jan 2022 3:09pm, 10 Jan 2022 55,866 posts	0 Velociraptor I remember when chocolate oranges hadn't been invented.
Steve NordRunner Jan 2022 3:11pm, 10 Jan 2022 1,080 posts	0 Steve NordRunner Yes, and creme eggs too.
HappyG(rrr) Jan 2022 3:17pm, 10 Jan 2022 40,848 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Is that true V'rap - similar ages and I remember them as a pretty small kid? Or maybe I'm remembering Terry's Neapolitans? (Of which Orange was one flavour.) They started in 1899, so even dinosaurs were around then, yeah? en.wikipedia.org Actually, wiki also says Terry's Choc Orange since 1932! Who knew?! G
shyfire Jan 2022 3:18pm, 10 Jan 2022 390 posts	0 shyfire Chocolate Orange 1932? Creme Egg 1971? Remember the creme egg before chocolate orange though.
Velociraptor Jan 2022 3:27pm, 10 Jan 2022 55,867 posts	0 Velociraptor I'm sure Creme Eggs were a thing before I started school (1969) although I accept that if it's on Wiki it's more reliable than my memory. My mum used to confiscate mine and eat them herself. "You don't like egg white," was the reason she gave, but I suspect she didn't want to clean me up after I got covered in the goo. Chocolate oranges didn't enter my consciousness until my teens, which was maybe a Living In Kilmarnock phenomenon. I loved Neapolitans.
shyfire Jan 2022 3:35pm, 10 Jan 2022 391 posts	0 shyfire Am taking wiki p at face value here "A Cadbury Creme Egg is a chocolate confection produced in the shape of an egg, originating from the British chocolatier Fry in 1963 before being renamed by Cadbury in 1971"