By Boxing Day there is always one colour left in the bottom, and every family swears it was somebody else who left it there. Quality Street, the twisted, jewel-coloured wrappers of a proper British Christmas, now in a carton.
It went round the sofa after dinner. Once politely. The second time, elbows. You learned which colour you wanted early, and you learned to be quick about it.
The crinkle of the cellophane is half the memory. The other half is the argument.
This is the UK carton, and it ships from within Canada, so Christmas in Canada can sound and taste like the front room back home.
Frequently asked questions about Quality Street Carton
Q: How big is the carton?
A: It holds 220g of Quality Street, smaller than the big Christmas tub. Enough to go round the family once, possibly twice if everyone behaves.
Q: Is it a good Christmas gift for someone who misses home?
A: About as good as it gets. The flat carton is easy to wrap and easy to post, and one look at those wrappers does the rest.
Q: Does it work as a stocking filler?
A: It fits a stocking nicely. Expect it to be opened before breakfast, whatever the rules say.
More about Quality Street Carton
Quality Street sits with the selection box and the mince pie as part of the furniture of a UK Christmas. Assorted chocolates and sweets, each one in its own bright wrapper, handed round from the first film of the afternoon to the last cup of tea at night.
People in Canada go looking for it because nothing else makes the same noise. The wrappers held up to the light, the pile of cellophane on the coffee table by teatime, the one relative who hoards a particular colour and thinks nobody has noticed. A long way from family, that is exactly the bit you miss.
The carton is the lighter cousin of the big tub: a 220g box that sits flat in the cupboard, slips into a stocking or a parcel, and is easy to post to someone who misses home. Keep it somewhere cool, and somewhere the hoarder does not know about.
Nestlé also makes KitKat, Aero and Smarties, and a Quality Street carton tends to end up in the basket next to a UK selection box, a Christmas pudding and a box of crackers. A British Christmas, assembled one cupboard at a time.
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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.
