Christmas morning, barely light, and somebody is already eating chocolate before breakfast. Nine times out of ten it is the M&M's Selection Box.
The selection box is a British Christmas fixture: a flat box opened in pyjamas, with half of it gone before the presents are. This one is all M&M's, so the only argument left is over colours.
It is the UK box, and it ships from within Canada, so the stocking can look the way it did at home.
Frequently asked questions about M&M's Selection Box
Q: How big is the M&M's Selection Box?
A: It is a 137g box, the classic selection box shape. Big enough to feel like a present, small enough to fit in a stocking.
Q: Is it good to send as a gift?
A: It is about the most British Christmas present there is. Send one to someone who grew up with them and watch them pretend they are not saving it.
Q: How does it arrive?
A: Packed so the box turns up looking like a present rather than something that lost a fight. The corners matter when it is going under the tree.
More about M&M's Selection Box
In Britain the selection box is less a sweet than a tradition. One from an aunt, one from a grandparent, one from the neighbour who always remembers, all stacked under the tree with a name on each.
So people in Canada go looking for it for one reason: they want Christmas morning to feel like theirs. Parents want the children to have the same box they had. Others want a Christmas gift for someone who misses home and would rather open something familiar than something sensible.
The box is a proper stocking shape, flat enough to slide in behind the satsuma. Kept in a cool, dry cupboard it waits quite happily until the big morning. Some people save it for Boxing Day, which takes a strength of character most of us do not have.
It tends to go home with other selection boxes, so every child gets their own and nobody has to negotiate. A tin of chocolates for the grown-ups usually ends up in the same bag.
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Christmas is on its way
The Christmas range lands from the UK in early November.
The day it arrives we unpack it, pack your order and send it on its way. Advent calendars go first, and everything reaches you within a few days wherever you are in Canada.
Order now and it has your name on it. The favourites go early every year. The people who leave it until December are the ones who miss out.
