dear chewy brach's christmas tree candy

Dear Chewy Brach’s Christmas Tree Candy,

I imagine that there haven’t been too many people to thank you for just being you, and if there have been none, then let me be the first. Thank you for restoring my Christmas spirit this year. Life, as you know, can get very hectic and stressful, especially during this season. We get so caught up in the hustle and bustle of things that we miss this Seasons true meaning. We have too many things to buy and too little money to buy it all with. We spend what we can’t afford. We go deeper in debt. We pile on the stress.

Then we have too many places to be in too little amount of time. We gotta go to this party here and we have to go see “so and so”, then swing by that party there, then host another party, and then comes the family. We gotta go see your side, then make time for mine, let’s not forget our own immediate family . . . . . this chaos seems to repeat a lot lately. The rush of it all is borderline overwhelming.

Then I saw you. At my Dad’s house in candy dish in the kitchen. It’s really kind of hard to explain exactly how I felt once I seen you. You actually made me stop what I was doing and just be still in your presence. You made everything slow down and seem quieter. You, for one quick moment, took my breath. You see, when I saw you, I remembered Mom. She passed away over 5 years ago, but whenever I see you, I think of her. She always had a dish of you out each Christmas. I actually don’t see you too many other places, but Mom always had a lot of you around. And when you caught my attention, I remembered all the sweet Christmas memories that my Mom helped create. I remembered her telling me that one year we didn’t have much money, but she promised that we would have a bunch of LOVE for Christmas . . . and we did. And as all these wonderful, warm memories flooded through my mind, the chaos of this year just seemed to melt away. I truly was beginning to feel “glad tidings of great joy”. Things started to make sense again. My allegiance shifted from the mall back to the Manger. And it all started with you. Thank you chewy Brach’s Christmas tree candy, I promise to get a bag of you for every Christmas to come.

Merry Christmas,

Matt