'Tis the Season

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'Tis the Season

'Tis the season to be jolly. Or merry. or goodwilly, or something. Apparently. Heh. We said willy.

For approximately one month a year - or four if the decorations in some supermarkets are to be believed - we're called upon to eat like there's no tomorrow, drink like there's no liver disease, and buy like there's likely to be a shortage of bath gel.

Sisters Meg and Anna (not in the nun sense of the word) (they're actually related) (and aren't nuns) and Brothers Cliff and Bobbie (Not related, just franciscan monks) (possibly) are here to relieve your Crimblennui (tm) and make your December just a little more spangly.

Think of it as our little gift to you. You may not have asked for it, you may not want it, but then, you could say the same for whatever Uncle Billy's going to give you this year.

Happy Advent, from us, to you. 'Tis the season, after all...

We've been doing this for a few years now. You can catch up on everything you missed in the full archive. There's loads there. Honestly, it's a wonder we had time for shopping, really, with all that content.

Link to this site using this handy button, if you can be keffed (you'll need to copy it to your server space):

'Tis the Season is a Pickard Production by Meg and Anna

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1 December 2006

Fascinating Festive Fact #1: 87% of children under 10 believe that mince pies contain real mince

Alas, no.

Meg says:

Mince pies are in fact an ancient and complex construction consisting of:

berries
lard
sugar
animal biproduct
fruit
feathers
sand
wheat
icing sugar
palm rice oil
potassium sorbate
spices (including but not limited to: nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, scary, posh, baby)
citric acid
peel
modified maize starch
myrrh (whatever that is
corn glucose fructose syrup
pectin
brandy
baby jesus poo
invert sugar syrup
badger nose
sawdust
cheer.

If you're lucky.

If you get the Tesco Value ones, you'll end up with a mouthful of white bread and tramp's sock. It's true, I tell you.

More mince pie mania can be found on Flickr.

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1 December 2006

Fascinating Festive Fact #1: 87% of children under 10 believe that mince pies contain real mince

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