Rum Advent Calendar from Drinks by the Dram
Just like shrinking creme eggs and wagon wheels, I’m sure advent calendars were filled with a lot more chocolate than the measly offerings you get fleeced for these days. It’s been a while since I was more resentful of having to part with a tenner to obtain two ‘Frozen’-themed calendars as I did last week, safe in the knowledge that the kids would only fight over whose was whose, generating more tears than happiness at scoffing the fake chocolate inside. At least...
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