Satsumas score extra brownie points for generally being seedless, as well as offering a sweet flavour. The British public does not like finicky fruit. Satsumas are popular for the ease with which they can be peeled. Thus, a satsuma in your Christmas stocking represents a bag of gold. One bag of gold fell into each of the girls’ stockings. The girls had left their washed stockings beside the fire to dry. He visited their home one night and dropped three sacks of gold down the chimney. It came to St Nicholas’s attention that a man was struggling to find husbands for his three daughters because he had no money for their dowries. (Legend later transformed him into the Santa Claus figure). St Nicholas was a Turkish Christian bishop noted for helping the needy. Do you know the Christmas story behind the custom? It is not simply a matter of Christmas availability. The Satsuma is sometimes even called the Christmas Orange. I have only recently discovered why the fruit has such a strong Christmas association. Evidently, Father Christmas did not want me to overindulge in sweets. I regularly found a Satsuma in the bottom of my Christmas stocking as a child. Satsumas with their recognisably loose skins.
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