This year Valentines day will be missing one thing. No, beyond a significant other. I mean, whoa, that's crazy. I won't have the option to complain to someone that Valentine's day is the corporate shell of a holiday that hallmark probably used to make millions and then brain wash us into other stupid purchases that are some what forced...
Anyhow, let me stop myself there and get on with the point, I assure you, I'll do a Valentine's day "rant" some other time. We have a whole other 13 days left to go. But anyhow, it seems that those chalky candy that you really wonder if they were updated in the last century with their commentary will hit the shelves... the sad news is they won't.
New England Confectionery Company — or Necco — made the conversation hearts, which have been a staple of Valentine’s Day gifts for decades. But Necco had a tumultuous 2018, abruptly shutting down in July after an investment firm bought it from a bankruptcy auction. It got new life when it was subsequently bought by Spangler Candy Co. in September, but by then it was apparently too late to restart production and distribution in time for Valentine’s Day.
In an email, Spangler confirmed it has yet to restart production of Sweethearts, along with Necco Wafers and Canada Mints.
About 8 billion Sweethearts are typically produced annually, with the full supply sold in the six weeks before Valentine’s Day, online bulk-candy seller
Truth be told, I wasn't even aware other than the year they "updated" them by making them say something more hip and technology centric, that they even produced these each year. I imagined that the stores that got them in each year were just pulling from a massive warehouse out in Area 51 next to the Alien hangar in a giant surplus of conversation starter candy crates created in the 50's but never sold, thus they were just sent back for the rest of the year to sit next to the frozen head of that dissected Alien.
What? Too much? Nah, just messing. I do enjoy reading those conversation starters for the sole purpose of seeing how outdated conversation skills actually are these days. Or in the olden days for that matter, because if those topics were the start of a conversation, I'm pretty sure my anti-social ass, who already doesn't want any part of social interaction, would have my brain leave my body during the middle of whatever conversation was to follow.
They were cute, kitschy and funny to some degree to see social awkwardness, but man, those were not riveting conversation starters. But hey, at least they'll be back next year. Here's hoping they actually update them a little in terms of things said to actually reflect the modern world were no one cares about candy unless you can't have it.
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