Rosanne and I married in November 1976. One month later we were watching TV and saw an ad for M&Ms. The narrator said that they make great Christmas gifts. I looked at Rosanne and laughed, because she was funny looking. No, I am kidding about that. I looked at Rosanne and laughed and asked, who would give M&Ms as a Christmas gift. So then I got an idea. As a joke on Christmas Eve, I tucked a bag of M&M peanuts into her stocking. She laughed when she saw them. Then I checked my stocking and to my surprise there was a bag of M&M peanuts in it. We both thought it was a good gag. That little gag became a tradition that we continued in following years. This year, for the 50th straight year we both have found M&M peanuts in our stockings.
M&M's never last that long at our house!