There may be 10 days to go but already the majority of the Cadbury’s tree decorations have been eaten and as the kids have developed a sneaky ploy of eating the chocolates off the tree but somehow leaving the wrapping on as if they hadn't been touched, i guess there are even less than i expect but at least the Quality Street tin remains unopened.
When i was a child the Quality Street tin would sit beneath the tree from early December but we were not allowed to touch or rattle it and certainly couldn't prise open the lid of the metal tin and make off with a Strawberry Delight or a Hazelnut Caramel but apart from bringing down our mother's wrath upon mine and my brothers heads, it was sealed with sticky tape.
The tin was religiously opened on Christmas Eve, usually when us kids were not around so when we finally got to the tin, all the purple and soft centred ones had been snaffled by my father to leave us wading through the Toffee Fingers and Toffee Pennies to find what decent ones were left for us.
As i'm now a grown up and Tesco sell 3 tins for £10, i don't inflict this pain on my own children, i throw open a tin and invite everyone to dip in although i have no answer to why almost every tin we have very few of the Strawberry and Purple sweets.
I just shrug at the mystery and make sure i don't leave the empty wrappers hanging around where they can see them.
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