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Christmas themed - what did you used to have as a child you can't get now

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OhIdoLike2bBesideTheSeaside · 24/12/2022 21:43

My mum used to buy a Christmas Arctic Role and the green tree was mint ice cream
We used to get so excited and she sprinkled hundreds and thousands on the tree as decorations!

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pharaohrocher · 24/12/2022 21:45

Those tree chocolates that had fondant in them

hotelparadiso · 24/12/2022 21:46

Cadbury chocolate nuts in a tin

Needmorelego · 24/12/2022 21:47

Decent annuals of the comics.
Bunty, Tammy, Mandy etc.

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AnnieFarmer · 24/12/2022 21:47

Brandy Snaps! We used to squirt cream into them.

TeaAddict235 · 24/12/2022 21:47

Snowballs for the kids. The alcoholic version.

Whatstherecipe · 24/12/2022 21:49

Liqueur chocolates in the shape of bottles - you'd bite the top off and there would be liquid alcohol inside.

My mum used to let my brother and I try them and we'd pretend we were drunk!

QueenOfHiraeth · 24/12/2022 21:51

Chocolate smokers' sets. They had a pipe, lighter, cigarettes and box of matches, all made of chocolate

Notaflippinclue · 24/12/2022 21:51

Liquorice smoking set

LittleRedYoshi · 24/12/2022 21:53

Foil decorations that criss-crossed the ceiling. Until the year I got a sky dancer toy which got tangled up and broke them.

HippyChickMama · 24/12/2022 22:14

AnnieFarmer · 24/12/2022 21:47

Brandy Snaps! We used to squirt cream into them.

You can still get brandy snaps, I saw some in Aldi on Thursday! I bought some one year out of nostalgia, the dc we're at school and I had a day off work. I ate about half a box, with squirty cream sprayed through the middle, while wrapping presents and watching Black Christmas. They were so good, exactly as I remembered, was very nearly sick though and haven't eaten one since

tikkititi · 24/12/2022 22:16

Those binocular things that you put those discs in and would snap through pictures of stories like Paddington Bear.

BamBamBilla · 24/12/2022 22:18

Toffee with a hammer

RosesAndHellebores · 24/12/2022 22:21

Hot, sweet chestnuts from the man at a brazier.

evilharpy · 24/12/2022 22:27

Mesh Christmas stockings full of chocolate bars (similar to selection boxes but somehow better). I started a post a few years ago wondering when they disappeared and why.

Comefromaway · 24/12/2022 22:29

Quality Street cracknell

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LittleRedYoshi · 24/12/2022 21:53

Foil decorations that criss-crossed the ceiling. Until the year I got a sky dancer toy which got tangled up and broke them.

I got these on poundland a few years ago. I love them

Love a tacky Christmas

NooNakedJacuzziness · 24/12/2022 22:34

Smash Hits yearbook

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