A supermarket keen to revive what it says is an “almost forgotten” Christmas tradition will be giving out free oranges today.
According to new YouGov research on behalf of Morrisons more than three quarters (79 per cent) of Brits with children in the household no longer tend to observe the tradition of an orange in Christmas stockings.
In response to this, Morrisons stores in Weymouth, Bridport and Blandford will be giving hundreds of oranges to parents today and encouraging them to tell the story behind it ahead of Christmas Eve.
The oranges, wrapped in Christmas tissue paper, will be given out along with a story-card telling the history of the tradition – so that parents can read it to their children ahead of the big day.
The tradition can be traced back to a story about Father Christmas who dropped three gold coins down a poor family’s chimney for them to find in the morning.
They landed in the children’s socks which were hanging by the fire to dry.
To remind us he now leaves a golden orange. To read the story online visit morrisons.com
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