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More Christmas Beach Antics

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Some photos from our walk on Sunday. Bracing would describe it with an icy East wind off the sea. Big and Small loved running on the beach and scampering up and down the groynes. We finished off with hot chocolate when we got back to my brother’s house.

Just wondering how old you have to be to remember the Cadbury’s “hot chocolate, drinking chocolate” ad campaigns?

Included especially for Marcus and Michelle, who have been impressing with their hardiness as Christmas campers. We will expect that next Christmas …

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6 responses to “More Christmas Beach Antics”

  1. Jan avatar
    Jan

    I don’t remember the advert.

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  2. Jax avatar
    Jax

    Nope, me either.

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  3. Michelle avatar
    Michelle

    lol. You won’t find me swimming next Christmas. Not willingly at any rate.
    Don’t remember advert. You-tube version?

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  4. Tim avatar
    Tim

    I think the ad was probably pulled some time in the early seventies. I have looked on Youtube and couldn’t find it. It was very simple, a shot of feet hurrying through rain or snow, with voices repeating “hot chocolate, drinking chocolate” in time with the steps and ending with a shot of a steaming mug of the stuff.

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  5. tbird avatar
    tbird

    Duke remembers it…

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  6. Joanna avatar
    Joanna

    I remember it!

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