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Date: 25 December 2009 07:18:57
One of the Yay Family traditional Christmas pigs. There are two in circulation, however my uncle is the guardian of the other. My mother broke the leg of this one so it was allocated to her. I replaced the broken leg with a red pencil. The pigs were bought in a NSW country town between 50 and 60 years ago by my grandmother. Tradition dictates that they must be loaded with some sort of jelly-based lolly (Marella Jubes are optimal but they are not often stocked by supermarkets now. The ones seen in this photo were Coles jubes. Natural Confectionery Company Citrus Slices have been used in the past) and liquorice allsorts.
The Yay Family traditional Christmas snack basket. This is around 30 years old I believe. It was given to my mother some time after she got married and needed some sort of modular snackbasketry system. Loading the snack basket is one of my festive tasks (loading the pig is another). This year it contained (clockwise, from the top): chocolate coated fruit & nuts, almonds, Ferrero Rochers, dried apricots, honey-roasted macadamia nuts, chocolate coated almonds, crystallised ginger, cashews and dates in the centre).
This is not really anything to do with Christmas, but I took the photo today. I am quite pleased with the progress of my tomatoes. Hmm it looks like I need to post a photo of the most recent additions to the tomato enclosure. But not today.