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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSitting on the floor next to dead tree eating lint covered hard candy out of a sock was never my idea of a good time!
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Sitting on the floor next to dead tree eating lint covered hard candy out of a sock was never my idea of a good time! (Original Post)
Floyd R. Turbo
Dec 2025
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cayugafalls
(5,960 posts)1. Depends on the tree...
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,895 posts)3. 😁
Sneederbunk
(17,481 posts)2. Was it ribbon candy?
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,895 posts)4. 😬
Srkdqltr
(9,745 posts)5. Too much work anymore.
ZDU
(1,257 posts)6. Perfection! Thank you!
unblock
(56,193 posts)7. Dammit Floyd how many times do I gotta tell you! It's *lindt* not lint!

markie
(24,010 posts)8. Oh, but the orange!
or is it already moldy?
justaprogressive
(6,893 posts)9. Santa left me packages
of gold coin chocolate (thanx mom!) in my stocking.
Candy is important at 4AM!
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,895 posts)14. ☺️
Blue Owl
(59,052 posts)15. Raw candy? That's disgusting, by the way.....

Floyd R. Turbo
(32,895 posts)18. 😬
IcyPeas
(25,464 posts)16. At least Candy Canes have a handle....

Ptah
(34,113 posts)17. At least you had socks.

Floyd R. Turbo
(32,895 posts)20. My six siblings and I shared one!
Ptah
(34,113 posts)23. Must have been a hoot at the sock hop!
catbyte
(39,135 posts)21. That's nothing compared to the trauma of staying overnight on Christmas Eve at my grandparent's house when I was six.
I woke up and went downstairs only to find my Nana eating the cookies and drinking the milk I'd left for Santa. Her shocked, stern "GET BACK TO BED!" didn't help.
But at the end of the day, I decided that I didn't care where the presents were coming from.