![]() Take a little trip to visit the vibrant cities and charming towns that make up Coastal Mississippi and get in a little holiday fun! Of course, the hardest part of any trip can be deciding what to do first, so to make it a little easier, we’ve put together a look at just a few of the Christmas activities taking place in Coastal Mississippi this month.įor starters, throughout the month of December, the 9th Annual Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival will light up the night, offering carnival rides, visits with Santa, and the chance to see Mississippi’s largest Christmas light show. Now’s the time to join Coastal Mississippi as they ring in the Christmas season. Maybe you can dazzle your family and friends with a few of these facts at your next holiday get-together. So, the next time you see one of these boxes, remember there’s more to them than meets the eye. The original box had a nod to life preservers with an illustration of a sailor using on to save someone’s life. LifeSavers inventor, Clarence Crane, initially used a pill-making machine to craft translucent caramel into its recognizable shape. Speaking of ships, if you guessed that the iconic candy was shaped like the aquatic rescue tool, pat yourself on the back. READ MORE: All the candy we find in our grandparents' candy dish Yes, the obvious is true In 1935, cherry and pineapple joined the pack and made the combination we know today. The colorful flavors we’ve come to know and love began to emerge about a decade later with the lemon, orange and lime flavors. As we know, the ill-fated ship set sailed and sunk in the same year. The candy debuted its pep-o-mint flavor in 1912 as a way to make candy that could last in the summer heat, according to. There’s a chance that a roll of the candy could have been on the ship. LifeSavers and the Titanic are the same age ![]() Either way, it’s a pretty hilarious Christmas tradition. Unfortunately, the original box of the candies melted, so they’ve replaced it a couple of times. Ryan gifted the box to Eric and they’ve been passing the same box back and forth for almost 40 years by involving family, friends and even local law enforcement in elaborate schemes to surprise each other. Two New Hampshire brothers, Ryan and Eric Wasson, started re-gifting the same storybook box in 1987. It’s not all bad in LifeSavers land, though. Life Savers 1994 TV Ad Commercial Two brothers made the storybook a holiday tradition It's like, really? That's what you picked for Christmas?" “Getting Lifesavers Story Books is like getting a last-minute gift from a convenience store. ![]() Here’s what one respondent had to say about receiving the candy: The holiday book landed number eight on this year’s worst holiday candy, according to That’s at least down from last year’s number four. While I fondly remember the candy, others express disappointment after receiving it as a gift. READ MORE: Gifts from childhood that will give you the feels It consistently is voted one of the worst holiday candies The book also inspired copycats from other candy brands such as Skittles. Throughout the years, the LifeSavers brand switched out flavors to include unexpected (questionable) options like wint-o-green and butterscotch. The book consists of six to eight rolls of multi-flavored candy, down from the original 10. That’s right, we’re talking about The Great Depression old. The LifeSavers Hard Candy Holiday Storybook is OLDĪccording to BrandLand USA, the book debuted in 1935.
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