Brothers regift same hard candy for decades

Two U.S. brothers have gotten their holiday regifting skills down to an art — they’ve been passing the same hard candy back and forth for over 30 years. It started in 1987, when Ryan Wasson gave a 10-roll Frankford “Santa’s Candy Book” with assorted fruit flavors to his brother, Eric, as a joke for Christmas, knowing Eric wouldn’t like it. “I didn’t eat them,” Eric Wasson told New Hampshire’s WMUR-TV. “And so the next year I thought, ‘Hey, I think I’m going to give it back to him. He’ll never remember.’” But Ryan immediately recognized it. They’ve been taking turns ever since, keeping a log of their exchanges. They’ve gotten creative about it. He told the station that Eric “one time sewed it into a teddy bear.” Last year, it was presented to Ryan on a silver platter at a restaurant. This year, Ryan turned to a group on social media for ideas, which included having it arrive via a pizza delivery or Christmas carolers, hiding it in a book or cake, or holding a scavenger hunt with clues. “If you ask which one has ever done the best as far as giving these, we’re both going to say it’s ourself, right?” Ryan Wasson said. “We’re never going to give in.” (AP) This article was provided by The Japan Times Alpha.