Christmas for me has always included foil covered chocolate money. . .

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. . . a few coins in the toe of my childhood Christmas stocking (usually my largest sock); a bag each in the toe of my children's Christmas stockings (always beautifully handmade by moi, out of lovely seasonal fabrics with ric rac and sparkles and and and and) and some more hung on the tree in the deepest darkest middlest parts; I often undergo a chocolate money quest - hunting down the different varieties each year so there was a good selection. . .
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. . .this year I've sourced a seletion of varying sizes of individual coins, bags of Imperial coins, bags of "new" money, and - for the first time - Euros (the bags of which also contain small slabs of chocolate notes) (inflation, eh). . .

a little history:

"Chocolate money, chocolate coins, consists of small disks of chocolate moulded into the shape of coins, and wrapped in gold or silver foil for added effect. It has no value as currency, but is sometimes used as "play money" by children as well as being consumed as a snack. Chocolate coins were likely invented to be a substitute for Hanukkah gelt or rededication money and are often used in place of real money in dreidel games. For use by observant Jews, Hanukkah Gelt should be certified Kosher."

so, for anyone who would like this calendar
to contain some chocolate - here it is. . .

. . .chocolate. . .

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