The M & M's Christmas Story

I wanted to repost this post from last December... this has been a very popular idea and I thought it was worth sharing again as you get ready to make up gifts for this Christmas season. enjoy!

I decorated a ton of these tins (and I know you will ask... so I'll tell you.. they are in the "Dollar Spot" at Target) to give as little favors or Christmas gifts.  I had never heard the M & M Christmas story before, but when I read it on line last week I knew I wanted to do something with it! 

here is the story:

The M & M's Christmas Story
by Pam Ridenour

As you hold these candies in your hand,
and turn them, you will see...
The M becomes a W, an E, and then a 3.
They tell the Christmas story. It's one I'm sure you know.
It took place in a stable a long, long, time ago.
The E is for the East, where the star shone so bright.
The M is for the Manger, where Baby Jesus slept that night.
The 3 is for the wise men, who came bearing gifts.
W is for Worship. Hallelujah, praise His name!
So as you eat these candies,

or share them with your friends,
remember the meaning of Christmas.

It's a love story that never ends.

Have a great day!

Comments

[Joani]

Patty! I love those tins, great job! I've never heard that poem before - TFS!
Hugs,
Joani

[Annette]

Patty I love these - what a great idea for the M & M story. I had seen that story and was wondering how I could make cute little gifts using it - I love your idea.
thanks for sharing!

[Barb]

WOW, What a GREAT little gift!! Now I am wishing I had picked up some of those while I was visiting my Mom last month!!!

[Corinne]

Patty...this is incredible...love the tins, colors, design, verse....everything !!!

[Connie]

Patti! what a GREAT idea! Love what you did with those little tins...

[Diana Hickey]

Patti!! Wow! That's awesome idea. Love everything you did with those little tins and verses. God Bless! hugs

[Nancy Riley]

Super cute tins ... INCREDIBLE story, Patty! So true, Christmas IS the love story that never ends!

[bonnie weiss]

I've never heard the M&M's story either. You have created, yet another, wonderful way to share it.

[Norma J]

These are lovely little gifts. And the M&M
story is wonderful. Now, are there any
cross-borders shoppers out there still on
their Christmas mission?

[Pat Chastain]

The tins are terrific! I've never seen the poem and I love it! Have to "case" those if you don't mind.

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Pat C (Victorville, Leadership, Rising Star, Pest. Remember me?)

[Karen Harman]

Thanks for sharing. I've never heard of this before.

[Fawn]

Thanks so much for sharing Patty! I've never heard this M&M story before, but will definitely pass it along this holiday season!

[Kathy Anthony]

I'd never heard this before, thanks for sharing it with us.

[Laura]

This is the first time I've seen that poem, and I just LOVE it. And the little tins are adorable. What a great gift idea!

[Jannette]

Thank you Patty, love this idea. Perfect gift for teachers! Thanks a lot, Jannette from PR

[Marilyn]

Thank you! What a wonderful and simple idea for a gift...PLUS it expresses the TRUE meaning of Christmas. Marilyn

[Sharon Carr]

Thanks for sharing this Patty! It's awesome and something I'll want to share with others. Thank you!

[Barbara]

Thanks Patty...I too had never heard the poem.
What a wonderful gift for my Bible Study group.

[Selene Kempton]

i'm relativly new to your blog, so I'm SO happy you did this again! I love it! Great Job!

[Debbie Adams]

Thanks Patti, I totally forgot about this and it will be a great gift for my religious ed class! Debbie

[Kimmi]

Very cute idea Patty! What a cute story and a great, simple reminder of the meaning of Christmas. I'll have to run over to my Target and see if they have any tins!! TFS!!

[Debi Hadley]

When I saw this idea I just had to figure out a way for our Moms-In-Touch group to give these to the teachers for Christmas. Thanks again for all the great ideas!!!

[Tanya]

Ohhh! Thank you!!! My son's school teacher has quite the MnM collection and he wanted to get her a packet of them for Christmas. This is a super cute way to do it!

[Frankie]

I love your M&M project! My hubby just retired from M&M Mars last year. He was a quality control tech and yes, part of his job was tasting :o) I can always find projects using other candies but this is the first M&M project. He'll love it! Please keep contributing to his retirement fund LOL!
Thanks, Frankie

[Krista]

This is the first time I've ever heard this, I love it! I wanted to take some small gifts to church for the nursery and Sunday School teachers!! Thanks for sharing

[Tanya]

I just thought I'd let you know how I used the poem and idea: http://tanyastampsnthings.blogspot.com/2008/12/christmas-gift-tutorial.html
THANKS!!!

[Dorene]

This is great...so I went to about 5 target stores looking for the tins..none to be found out here in CO. I was in Michaels one day (well, more than one :-)) and I saw their gift card holders for $1 so I bought them..they are great to use. I put the poem on the back (printed out on 2x4 stickers) and stamped the saying from snow swirls on the back of the to/from card they have inside and put the m&m's below the plastic insert so you see them when you open the container.

Thanks for the inspiration!

[Maggie]

Thanks for sharing.....I did not see this last year. It is a great project and am thinking on how I can make my version for Christmas 2009.