And The Beat Goes On

[Barnyard]

It was 1974, right after our wedding (not immediately after the wedding) and Rosanne and I were watching some Christmas movie on TV. I don’t remember which move, it could have been that Donna Reed/Jimmy Stewart Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life." Or perhaps it was my favorite actor, Mister Magoo, in “Christmas Carol”. But anyway, a commercial for M&M peanuts came on. The commercial had some nonsense how great they are for stocking suffers. Rosanne and I laughed, and I said something to the effect that nobody stuffs M&M’s in a Christmas stocking.

Then I got a crazy idea. The next day I swung by the store and picked up a medium size bag of those things and on Christmas Eve I slipped them in her stocking. On Christmas morning I waited for her to check her stocking for the surprise. After she laughed about it, I looked to see what I had. Guess what? She pulled the same thing on me. This immediately became a Christmas tradition for all future Christmas’. Now, after 47 years, I am happy to say I woke Christmas morning and found M&M peanuts in my stocking. Of course, at my age, just waking in the morning makes me happy.

At any rate, the tradition remains unbroken.

[ricky racer]

Nothing says love like stuffing M&M's in your spouse's stocking! You are a very lucky couple!
By the way, my wife got M&M' too...

[Dale Finch]

In our family (4 of us kids) it was always a box of chocolate covered cherries...tradition continues after 70 years!!!

P.S. The boxes certainly don't hold as many anymore!!
And M&M's would have fit a lot easier!