Re-Living Christmas: Cherished moments and memories #9

You swear you were born with a sweet tooth.

You are not alone.

You are in pretty good company.

I doubt there is any adult out there

Who didn’t have a sweet tooth as a child.

It’s like a rite of passage

When every child craves for anything coloured

In a shiny wrapping

And has a crinkling sound.

I suspect we share another kindred memory too —

Of Christmas

As a season

When we were allowed to swim freely,

And spoil ourselves rotten

With the most amazing assortment

Of sweets and biscuits,

Chocolate and cookies,

Cakes and cup-cakes.

I didn’t know most of these then —

Just little coloured jelly sweets and gum,

And the Marie Family Pack biscuits.

These were a Christmas stable for me

And i had a wild time with them!

You may find them now displayed at the local supermarket,

But back then

It was a rarity seen in the village

Only in Christmas…

That and the Family Bread –

So called because it was the longest bread available,

Convenient for a large family.

But it’s the sweets and biscuits that I remember most –

Without those, there was no Christmas.

I don’t know how and why the sweet tooth disappears with age,

But I know this:

Sweet tooth or not,

Then and now…

No Christmas is complete

Without sweets and biscuits.

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