So I'm leafing through the catalogue, dreaming of all the chocolate I'll enjoy come December, when I come across The Festive Foursome: four boxes of chocolates in festive shapes. There are Chilli Penguins, Minty Mistletoe, Baublicious Baubles and ...Festive Fairies; fairies, I might note, that look remarkably like angels. Praying angels to be exact.
The product description reads: Two layers of heavenly caramel and creamy white [sic] chocolate nymphs for a fairytale Christmas.
Nymphs? Nymphs? So OK, perhaps we can't eat angels, so we have to call them fairies on the box, but since when is there a connection between nymphs and Christmas? Whatever next? Christmas Mermaids? Christmas Centaurs? Or maybe Christmas Sirens?
Santa, baubles, penguins, snowmen, reindeer... it's all getting a bit repetitive. We could use some new characters. Can you imagine?
*shudder*
I wonder how many business meetings they had over at Hotel Chocolat when they realised that someone had approved the wrong design and they now had a load of perfectly formed chocolate angels to market. I bet it took them a while to agree to call them "fairies" and describe them as "nymphs". Bless.
They don't appear to be made from white chocolate either. Oops.
6 comments:
I am not a discriminatory eater - I'll eat supernatural entities of any belief.
The funniest thing is that cannibalism with human figures (see: Santa) is ok, but when we're starting messing with the spirits, we have a problem!
I have an addiction to Hotel Chocolat. Nymphs - well full marks for creativity
OMG - we know what Tinsie wants to see in her Chrimbo stocking this year ;) they look delicious and angels or not - very good idea and look fab!
Hope you enjoy your break, see you soon (please!)
Sandi :-P
In America you could complain, pretend to be offended, and end up with a settlement. Maybe you could be paid off in chocolate nymphs..
@ Marg: Don't mess with the supernatural, that's what they say.
@ Shadowfalcon: They're scoring high on creativity, low on Greek mythology. Irrespective, I adore HC chocolate. It's yummylicious.
@ Sandi: I've emailed you my dates, waiting to hear from you!
@ Karen: What a shame I'm in the UK. I'd love a few boxes of chocolate nymphs :-)
Oooh la la chocolat!!! YUM!!!
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