Two American brothers have been giving the same hard candy gift since 1987

Two New Hampshire brothers have acquired their Christmas gift-giving skills for an art – they have been giving the same hard candy back and forth for over 30 years.

It started in 1987 when Ryan Wasson gave a 10-roll Frankford “Santa’s Candy Book” with various fruit flavors to his brother, Eric Wasson, as a joke for Christmas, knowing that Eric would not like it.

“I did not eat them,” Eric Wasson told WMUR-TV.

“And so the next year I thought, ‘Hey, I think I’ll give it back to him. He will never remember it. ‘”

But Ryan recognized it immediately.

On this Ryan Wasson family photo is a box included "Santa's candy book," which contains 10 rolls of candy, December 18, 2021.
On this Ryan Wasson family photo, a box of “Santa’s Candy Book” containing 10 rolls of candy, December 18, 2021. Credit: CAK/AP
In this Ryan Wasson family photo, a timeline of the gift is noted in a box with "Santa's candy book," which contains 10 rolls of candy, December 18, 2021.
On this Ryan Wasson family photo, a timeline of gift is noted inside a box of “Santa’s Book of Candy,” which contains 10 rolls of candy, on December 18, 2021. Credit: CAK/AP

They have switched to ever since and kept a log of their exchanges.

And they have become very creative about it.

Ryan Wasson told the station that candy has been frozen in an ice cube and put in Jell-O, adding: “Once he sewed it into a teddy bear.”

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Hi, I think I will give it back to him. He will never remember it

The tradition has also involved family members, colleagues and even a sheriff’s department.

Last year, it was presented to Ryan Wasson on a silver platter at a restaurant.

This year, Ryan Wasson approached a group on social media for ideas.

In this Ryan Wasson family photo, Eric Wasson, on the left, is sitting on Santa's lap after receiving a box of "Santa's candy book," a gift from his brother Ryan at Christmas 1992 in Chocorua, NH
In this Ryan Wasson family photo, Eric Wasson, on the left, is sitting on Santa’s lap after receiving a box of “Santa’s Book of Candy”, a gift from his brother Ryan at Christmas time 1992 in Chocorua, NH Credit: CAK/AP

Suggestions included getting it arrived via a pizza delivery or Christmas carols, storing it in a book or cake, or keeping a shack with tracks.

“If you ask who has ever done the best in terms of giving these, we would both say it’s ourselves, right?” said Ryan Wasson.

“We will never give in.”

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