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Back-to-school season evokes thoughts of new pencils, autumn leaves and the return of sweater weather. It’s also marks a new school year as kids return to classes after the long summer break.
An example of a chocolate box with sentimental illustrations of children with flowers. Chocolate box art originally referred literally to decorations on chocolate boxes. Over the years, however, the terminology has changed; it is now applied broadly as an often pejorative term to describe paintings and designs that are overly idealistic and sentimental.
The earliest attestation of the use of either x or o to indicate kisses identified by the Oxford English Dictionary appears in the English novellist Florence Montgomery's 1878 book Seaforth, which mentions "This letter [...] ends with the inevitable row of kisses,—sometimes expressed by × × × × ×, and sometimes by o o o o o o, according to the taste of the young scribbler".
In May 2009, The New York Times reported that "the hug has become the favorite social greeting when teenagers meet or part these days" in the United States. [6] A number of schools in the United States have issued bans on hugs, which in some cases have resulted in student-led protests against these bans. [7] [8]
Chocolate letters (Dutch: chocoladeletter [ɕoːkoːˈlaːdəˌlɛtər] ⓘ) are a form of candy associated with the Dutch holiday of Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas). Celebrants of the Sinterklaas celebration are traditionally given their initials made out of chocolate, either on Sinterklaas Eve, which is the fifth of December each year, or during the morning on Sinterklaas Day, which is the ...
Strawberry Shortcake is a cartoon character used in greeting cards published by American Greetings.Strawberry Shortcake's character was originally conceived as a mascot for a line of fruit-flavored candy before evolving into the modern character.
"From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet" is a collection by American writer Harlan Ellison, including 26 (one for each letter of the alphabet) extremely short stories on abstract and basically unrelated topics, displaying various aspects of Ellison's preoccupations with morality, mythology, the trivia of history, and humor. He wrote the ...
School of Chocolate is a Netflix reality competition series hosted by Swiss-French pastry chef, artist and chocolatier Amaury Guichon and produced by Super Delicious Productions. Eight contestants compete against each other in a series of innovative cooking challenges, creating elaborate chocolate sculptures as they aim for the title of 'best ...