Chocolate Turtles For 20 Years

One necessary ingredient that made Turtles sublime were walnuts. Peanuts would have made them no better than a Snickers Bar.
 

Beezer said:
My Grandmother bought them for my father (her son-in-law).
But Dad couldn't stand them and politely never said a thing.
Of course, us kids were the benefactors each year! šŸ˜Š
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Sorry for the downer, but I have a sad story....

Every Christmas for a good 10yrs or so, I gifted my Mom with a Hallmark Ornament. She loved them, and she'd get all giddy about hanging the newest one on her tree every year, and talked about eventually having her whole tree decorated exclusively with Hallmark Ornaments (it was a very large tree).

My oldest brother started buying them for her, too, and then one of her grandkids, and then another. It became a tradition. And one year, my Dad built her this huge red & white Hallmark Ornament storage box for them. She was so tickled with that thing. Every post-Christmas, she'd sit next to that box saying "This one goes here, that one fits in there..." admiring each one, one last time, until she'd get to see it again next Christmas.

Meanwhile, my baby sister was a hard-core drug addict; in and out of our lives; in and out of rehab; all of us taking turns trying to help her get clean, get a job, get a place, and all that.

One year, she stole Mom's box of ornaments from our parent's garage and sold it to a local a pawn shop. They sold it before any of us realized it was missing. I don't think any of us ever forgave her for that.
 
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@Babs2u gave the addict story a thumbs up!
(Of course I know it was for the first part of the story...about the ornaments.)
 
Aunt Bea said:
I had a great aunt that always gave me a lifesaver book and three dollars until she finally died when I was well into my thirties.

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Are those still available. Itā€™s hard to even find a single roll of Lifesavers now. One store only carries butterscotch, $2. One time they had the multipack and I bought it just to get the red and orange which are my favourite. Havenā€™t seen it since.
 
Jules said:
Are those still available. Itā€™s hard to even find a single roll of Lifesavers now. One store only carries butterscotch, $2. One time they had the multipack and I bought it just to get the red and orange which are my favourite. Havenā€™t seen it since.
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Not sure.

I see bags of individually wrapped lifesavers on peg racks in the grocery store.
 
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