Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A pair of New Hampshire brothers have been observing an unusual holiday tradition for more than three decades -- regifting the same box of candy each year for Christmas.
Ryan Wasson said he gave a Christmas-themed box of Life Savers candy to his brother, Eric, as a joke in 1987 because he knew the other boy didn't like them.
Eric Wasson said he kept the box of candy all year so he could give them to Ryan the next Christmas, starting a tradition between the two that has persisted each year since.
"Neither one of us will give up because we're brothers. We can never give up. If you ask which one has ever done the best as far as giving these, we're both going to say it's ourself. We're never going to give in," Ryan Wasson told WMUR-TV.
The brothers said their annual gifting has gotten creative, with elaborate pranks involving family, friends, coworkers and even the local sheriff's office.
"They melted one year, so they look pretty sad. So we've got the original box and then we've got a new box. Then they both go out, so the old ones are pretty sad. I wouldn't try those," Eric Wasson said.
fire_thorn on December 28th, 2021 at 06:53 UTC »
I remember those boxes. I would always get one in the school gift exchange, and then I'd get in trouble with my mom for not getting a better present.
Queenofhackenwack on December 28th, 2021 at 03:16 UTC »
my bro-in -law hates fruit cake...in 1986 we gave him a fruit cake for christmas and my sister snuck it back to us every year for twenty years, so poor old bill got the same cake for 20 years.. it got lost during a house move along with a few others holiday things..