Are mandarin oranges for Christmas a west coast thing or Vancouver only?

[Locut0s]

Mandarin oranges sold by the box are a popular item here come Christmas. I've run into a few people who think it's an odd Christmas tradition though. Any other cities have this?

 

[FoBoT]

like clementines? my wife always gets a box of clementines for christmas
she also gets navel oranges, puts one in each stocking

 

[Anubis]

like clementines? my wife always gets a box of clementines for christmas
she also gets navel oranges, puts one in each stocking

we have those on the right side of the country as well

 

[Locut0s]

like clementines? my wife always gets a box of clementines for christmas
she also gets navel oranges, puts one in each stocking

Yeah... looks at wikipedia to verify that they are mandarin oranges..... Yup that's right. Only I'm more used to seeing them packages like this:

And we have the SAME tradition of putting them in our stockings

 

[FoBoT]

that box is what they sell at costco, here

 

[Lifted]

almost always had 1 in my stocking. it's an xmas thang, not a west coast thang.

 

[BoomerD]

It was always tangerines in my family, but mandarins and clementines work well too.

 

[Scouzer]

tons of them here in alberta, one of the better parts of november/december

so tasty

 

[silverpig]

tons of them here in alberta, one of the better parts of november/december

so tasty

And so much easier to peel and eat than regular oranges.

 

[lxskllr]

almost always had 1 in my stocking. it's an xmas thang, not a west coast thang.

Yup, it's traditional. I imagine it comes from the time when having an orange in winter was pretty damned special, and expensive.

 

[Red Squirrel]

We tend to call them "Christmas oranges" here. I just realized how it's been a long time since I've had some.

There's no way I would finish a whole thing on my own before they go bad, so I have not bought any.

 

[Locut0s]

And so much easier to peel and eat than regular oranges.

Just make sure you get the seedless ones though. Mandarin oranges with seeds always seem like 40% seed to me.

 

[AstroManLuca]

We get clementines at all times of year. Never heard of it being a Christmas tradition.

 

[n7]

tons of them here in alberta, one of the better parts of november/december

so tasty

qft

 

[rockyct]

I think it's a European tradition or something.

 

[yhelothar]

mmm my mom has a few of these trees in her backyard and they're perfectly ripe about this time.

 

[Zebo]

My mom grew up so poor in Europe after wwII and orange WAS a Christmas present.

 

[wwswimming]

what's the difference between a Mandarin orange, a Clementine, and a Satsuma ?

 

[IronWing]

Oh myyyyyy darlin' Clementine
You was lost and gone forever
Oh my darlin' Clementine...

<everybody sing>

In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine,
Dwelt a miner, forty-niner,
And his daughter Clementine.

Refrain:
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.

2. Light she was, and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine,
Herring boxes without topses,
Sandals were for Clementine.

3. Walking lightly as a fairy,
Though her shoes were number nine,
Sometimes tripping, lightly skipping,
Lovely girl, my Clementine.

4. Drove she ducklings to the water
Ev'ry morning just at nine,
Hit her foot against a splinter,
Fell into the foaming brine.

5. Ruby lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles soft and fine,
But alas, I was no swimmer,
Neither was my Clementine.

6. In a churchyard near the canyon,
Where the myrtle doth entwine,
There grow rosies and some posies,
Fertilized by Clementine.

7. Then, the miner, forty-niner,
Soon began to fret and pine,
Thought he oughter join his daughter,
So he's now with Clementine.

8. I'm so lonely, lost without her,
Wish I'd had a fishing line,
Which I might have cast about her,
Might have saved my Clementine.

9. In my dreams she still doth haunt me,
Robed in garments soaked with brine,
Then she rises from the waters,
And I kiss my Clementine.

10. Listen fellers, heed the warning
Of this tragic tale of mine,
Artificial respiration
Could have saved my Clementine.

11. How I missed her, how I missed her,
How I missed my Clementine,
Til I kissed her little sister,
And forgot my Clementine.

 

[moshquerade]

love the clementines. this time of year i have at least one/day.

 

[FoBoT]

what's the difference between a Mandarin orange, a Clementine, and a Satsuma ?

and a tangerine

i dunno

 

[Oceandevi]

Its an asian thing. Cant you tell by that endcap?

 

[Iron Woode]

mandarins are very common here in winter. Sobey's gets a ton of them in December and they're gone by mid January.

 

[Eli]

Usually get tangerines and pistachios in the stockings.

<--- West Coast Native

 

[F1N3ST]

My grandma sent a big fruit box thing from FL..D: