Whatever happened to mesh Christmas stockings?

[evilharpy]

Not the Ann Summers kind. The ones that were like a selection box, full of chocolate bars. Like the ones in this picture. I've just realised I haven't seen one since about 1989. Where did they go? When did they stop making them and why must they stop making all the things that were brilliant in the 80s?

Off topic (see what I did there?) but wasn't Opal Fruits a much better name than Starburst

Yes loved these! Always felt like a massive treat having that much chocolate to choose from. The cardboard ones are not the same at all

I remember these, have to have still been going in the 90s.

The 3 for €5 cardboard ones have sweet f.a. in them! It's a box and a mouthful of chocolate.

What's happened to the square Christmas tree chocolates!!!

@youvemademyshitlist

Off topic (see what I did there?) but wasn't Opal Fruits a much better name than Starburst

Yes! So much better. Say opal fruits and I want sweets, starburst just meh

I used to get these in the early 90s.

Although you are right about them disappearing not long after. I haven't seen one since I was very young.

I always had to get my nan to open it with scissors. I never managed it on my own. They were a right fucker to open for a small child!

Deffo saw a stocking shaped something in b&m today with chocolate bars. Not sure if they had mesh though. I’ll have to go back tomorrow!

@elQuintoConyo.

Fabulous idea! I'm going to do that this year.

I'm a 70s/ 80s child & I always had one of these.

I also got a similar one once that was filled with amazing stuff- magic tricks, fake nails etc a repackaged Christmas stocking & I LOVED it & all its littke trinkets

Only ever got it one year though

I loved these - always had one alongside my main stocking. My mum (usually a health food nut the rest of the year) would let us eat the chocolate bars for breakfast. Good times 😂

No idea but I loved those!

We still have these in Australia but they are a plastic stocking, with a cardboard backing. We have Cadbury ones, trolli ones and wiz fizz ones.

Opal Fruits - made to make your mouth water !
Does Starburst even have a song that people will still be singing in 40 years time, I doubt it 🙄

They sell up filled mesh stockings on Amazon.

*unfilled mesh stockings

Thanks OP I am aching for the 80s and 90s lately, all nostalgic stuff greatly appreciated!

@UsernameInTheTown

Thanks OP I am aching for the 80s and 90s lately, all nostalgic stuff greatly appreciated!

Same. I don't know if it's as a result of Covid and all the restrictions and not being able to see family for so long, but I have a terrible hankering for the Christmas of my childhood and early teens. I've wasted countless hours googling everything from mesh Christmas stockings to the exact make and model of the boombox I got when I was about 12 and the Fashion Wheel and My Little Pony grooming parlour. I have a desperate longing for flammable foil garlands and all things tacky. Although not my mum's sherry trifle (boak) or cardboard turkey, bless her.

@evilharpy

I had a my little pony grooming parlour too! That took me back yeeeeeeears 😁 thanks for the nostalgia 🤩

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I had a my little pony grooming parlour too! That took me back yeeeeeeears 😁 thanks for the nostalgia 🤩[/quote]
I’ve still got mine!

I still love that pony as much now, as I did when I was 9 years old!

You're welcome for the make-your-own idea. I love being able to make proper-sized stuff and fill it with what I/the recipient likes.

I still have my My Little Pony grooming parlour - seen here on top of my wardrobe. I'm still delighted that my 10yo DS asks to play with it and I can brush their tails again

And I had Fashion Plates. Still very groovy. And Fuzzy Felt, when I was a little bit younger. My sister got a Homepride Fred cooking set - still has it in her kitchen. We're late-40s.

Nostalgia is warm, happy place that gives you the fuzzies - who wouldn't like to visit?

@elQuintoConyo you need to get thy self on Etsy!

I couldn't sell anything on Etsy, they wouldn't pay my prices!

I've just finished this cross stitch wolf for my son's room, it took a week! Around full time work, his birthday, and a break to make 4 small cross stitch things for DH

You can still get a chocolate bar stocking but it is made from cardboard.