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Chocolate in cards from school.

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MomOfCritters · 16/12/2021 17:04

When did this become a thing? DS is in reception and has been bringing home Christmas cards recently and some of them have chocolate coins or similar in them, I just wondered if this is a normal thing? I'm not bothered by it, more curious.

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UndertheCedartree · 16/12/2021 18:34

My DD is in Y5 and has never had a chocolate coin in her cards! I'm feeling quite hard done by on behalf of my DD! Xmas Grin

TangerineDreams · 16/12/2021 18:35

If you can't go all out at Christmas, when can you? I love little extras!

dementedpixie · 16/12/2021 18:37

My kids are 15 and 18 and it wasn't a thing when they were at primary school

Babdoc · 16/12/2021 18:39

Certainly wasn’t a thing when my DC were in primary (25 years ago).
I assume it’s part of the awful commercialisation of Christmas that has been happening in recent years - along with sticking chocolate in Advent calendars, opening an extra box of presents on Christmas Eve, having an “elf on the shelf” etc.
Less well off parents must find it a nightmare to keep up with this arms race of conspicuous wealth display.

OldaRailer · 16/12/2021 18:42

Not a thing 8 years ago.

luverlybubberly · 16/12/2021 18:49

My son
Was in Reception 16 years ago and it sometimes happened then. Generally the teacher or TA added chocolate or alternative for those with allergies

Flyingbymypants · 16/12/2021 18:52

9 coins out of 16 cards here. I have already eaten 2.

GotToGoBye · 16/12/2021 18:54

I have 4 children between 6 and 14, I’m one of 5 siblings. I have 15 nieces and nephews and I’ve never heard of anyone putting a chocolate coin in a card.

00100001 · 16/12/2021 18:58

@GettingStuffed

It's also a shame for kids who are diabetic as they can't eat theirs
🙄
CookSproutsInSoySauce · 16/12/2021 19:06

No chocolate in cards but had a few candy canes with a Merry Christmas note/ gift tag instead of a card

OhPeeQueue · 16/12/2021 19:13

When my youngest (she’s 8 now) was in reception, every other week there was a birthday.
I don’t know what the hell happened in our class, or who started it, but it turned into a competition with how much chocolate and shit you could fill in a party bag for the WHOLE class. One parent filled bags with kinder eggs, toys, sweets, chocolate bars, stickers, stationery..probably was a kitchen sink in it too.
Next term, the headteacher sent a letter home telling parents no more sweet treats were allowed to be brought in for celebrations. So we don’t have this problem now, thankfully.

Tuliprain · 16/12/2021 19:15

@GettingStuffed

It's also a shame for kids who are diabetic as they can't eat theirs
Don’t tell that to my diabetic child! They eat te same as everyone else.
HolaAmigoz · 16/12/2021 19:19

Dd, aged 9, had a minute of chocolate coins, chocolate snowmen, festive eraser and mini candy canes. Ds, 7, had chocolate coins and few with stickers in them. Nearly all of them had at least something in them

NinaDefoe · 16/12/2021 19:19

It’s a kind gesture, a small gift.

Not sure what those of you with Diabetic or dairy/cocoa intolerant children want to happen.
I couldn’t eat dairy as a child as it made me very sick. I was given gifts of chocolate by well meaning friends all through my childhood.
I survived. I just gave it away.

RoseAndRose · 16/12/2021 19:19

This has never happened to any of my DC

I just hope that the child get to the chocolate before the dog sniffs it out!

Onerulefor1 · 16/12/2021 19:26

@Twizbe

My sons card from his teachers had a chocolate coin in. Bad for him as he's allergic, great for me as I'm not lol
I presume his teachers must know he is allergic to chocolate? However they send him a card with chocolate in it. Confused I think this is pretty dreadful actually, why would you give a child something that would be dangerous for them to eat? Totally irresponsible of the school to allow their staff to do something which could potentially lead to tragedy for one of their pupils.
GetOffTheTableMabel · 16/12/2021 19:32

My dds are 21 and 16. The 16 year old was definitely doing this every year but I think it didn’t kick in for DD1 until part way through primary. Once somebody starts it, everyone joins in. It’s rather sweet. I used to make it a mission to find chocolate coins with brightly coloured wrappers, instead of silver and gold because it made dd2 extra happy.

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MomOfCritters · 16/12/2021 19:35

@OhPeeQueue

When my youngest (she’s 8 now) was in reception, every other week there was a birthday. I don’t know what the hell happened in our class, or who started it, but it turned into a competition with how much chocolate and shit you could fill in a party bag for the WHOLE class. One parent filled bags with kinder eggs, toys, sweets, chocolate bars, stickers, stationery..probably was a kitchen sink in it too. Next term, the headteacher sent a letter home telling parents no more sweet treats were allowed to be brought in for celebrations. So we don’t have this problem now, thankfully.
I have a feeling this may happen with my DS class, sweets get handed out all the time after school, I'm just waiting for my DS to ask me to take some in for him to hand out. We're only a term in and so far we've had homemade cupcakes (which was lovely), loot bags filled with all sorts, and fancy spider creations handed out for birthdays.
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MomOfCritters · 16/12/2021 19:39

Seems to be a relatively new thing then, I've been quite surprised all term with amount of sweets and chocolates that have been handed out, every Friday the TA gives out haribo sweets (she must really hate us!), I've always been lead to believe that schools frown upon sugary snacks 🤷🏻‍♀️

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user1493494961 · 16/12/2021 19:42

Never known this with children or Grandchildren.

13luckyblackcats · 16/12/2021 19:49

Happened when I was at school 30 odd years ago.

CandyCaneLane0 · 16/12/2021 20:08

Most of ds's cards have had chocolate coins in

NortieTortie · 16/12/2021 20:17

Yes we noticed that this year too. Didn't have any choc coins in but tried to squish some Heroes into the cards. Safe to say our poundland envelopes didn't like that very much Grin maybe next year.

DS came home today with a Kinder egg today as it was someone's birthday.

ldontWanna · 16/12/2021 20:54

It happens every year in my school, some of the teachers do it too .Grin DD's school is the same. All cards get handed out at the end of the day and put in their bags. The children can open them once they're with their parents, and then it's up to them what happens to the chocolate.

PixellatedPixie · 16/12/2021 21:09

@Babdoc

Certainly wasn’t a thing when my DC were in primary (25 years ago). I assume it’s part of the awful commercialisation of Christmas that has been happening in recent years - along with sticking chocolate in Advent calendars, opening an extra box of presents on Christmas Eve, having an “elf on the shelf” etc. Less well off parents must find it a nightmare to keep up with this arms race of conspicuous wealth display.
You sound like a bundle of fun! I’m in my 40s and do not remember a time when advent calendars didn’t contain chocolate. Buying chocolate coins is hardly a “conspicuous display of wealth” in a developed country. Even in South Africa where I grew up quite poor kids would get chocolate in the lead up to Christmas.