{"id":12525,"date":"2013-12-18T15:06:34","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T20:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=12525"},"modified":"2013-12-18T15:06:34","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T20:06:34","slug":"twelve-days-of-christmas-mms-christmas-theater-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=12525","title":{"rendered":"Twelve Days of Christmas: M&#038;M&#8217;s Christmas Theater Boxes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12526\" alt=\"CC_M&amp;MSChristmasBoxes_TITLE PLATE\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CC_MMSChristmasBoxes_TITLE-PLATE.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CC_MMSChristmasBoxes_TITLE-PLATE.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CC_MMSChristmasBoxes_TITLE-PLATE-300x107.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>Always an enjoyable topic to address are the holiday releases for M&amp;M&#8217;s. \u00a0Just a few days ago I mentioned the new holiday flavor release of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=12416\" target=\"_blank\">M&amp;M&#8217;s Gingerbread<\/a>\u00a0and today I&#8217;d like to showcase the new Christmas-themed theater-sized boxes for\u00a0a pair of M&amp;M&#8217;s classic offerings.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Though M&amp;M&#8217;s have a long history of fantastic larger-sized holiday packages, it is only in the last couple of years that they&#8217;ve really been bringing the holiday goodness to their smaller packaging. \u00a0In past articles I&#8217;ve noted the holiday M&amp;M&#8217;s pack releases for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=8855\" target=\"_blank\">Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=9532\" target=\"_blank\">Easter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=6706\" target=\"_blank\">Halloween<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=7557\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas<\/a>. \u00a0Last year was the first time I picked up \u00a0M&amp;M&#8217;s theater sized boxes with holiday designs when I spotted their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=7101\" target=\"_blank\">Halloween boxed releases<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Very much in the vein of those Halloween boxes come this year&#8217;s Christmas-themed M&amp;M&#8217;s theater-sized boxes. \u00a0Here they are:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12531\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12531\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12531\" alt=\"Mars - M&amp;M's Milk Chocolate 3.4 oz Christmas holiday candy box - November 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CC_Mars-MMs-Milk-Chocolate-3_4-oz-Christmas-holiday-candy-box-November-2013.jpg\" width=\"677\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CC_Mars-MMs-Milk-Chocolate-3_4-oz-Christmas-holiday-candy-box-November-2013.jpg 677w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CC_Mars-MMs-Milk-Chocolate-3_4-oz-Christmas-holiday-candy-box-November-2013-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mars &#8211; M&amp;M&#8217;s Milk Chocolate 3.4 oz Christmas holiday candy box &#8211; November 2013<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12532\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12532\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12532\" alt=\"Mars - M&amp;M's Peanut 3.4 oz Christmas holiday candy box - November 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CC_Mars-MMs-Peanut-3_4-oz-Christmas-holiday-candy-box-November-2013.jpg\" width=\"677\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CC_Mars-MMs-Peanut-3_4-oz-Christmas-holiday-candy-box-November-2013.jpg 677w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CC_Mars-MMs-Peanut-3_4-oz-Christmas-holiday-candy-box-November-2013-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mars &#8211; M&amp;M&#8217;s Peanut 3.4 oz Christmas holiday candy box &#8211; November 2013<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve come to expect, the M&amp;M&#8217;s mascots are in full humor and attitude on these boxes. \u00a0 Note the addition of a blank To\/From section on the back of each box, making them perfect for gift-giving. \u00a0These would seem to be perfectly-sized for stocking stuffers, and they&#8217;re fun additions to my M&amp;M&#8217;s packaging collection.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s everything for today&#8217;s post. \u00a0See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Always an enjoyable topic to address are the holiday releases for M&amp;M&#8217;s. \u00a0Just a few days ago I mentioned the new holiday flavor release of M&amp;M&#8217;s Gingerbread\u00a0and today I&#8217;d like to showcase the new Christmas-themed theater-sized boxes for\u00a0a pair of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=12525\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,658,50,4,59],"tags":[321,316,328,351,332,1226,14,324,78,333,29,1204,23,21,15,348,11],"class_list":["post-12525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxed","category-christmas","category-holiday-2","category-mms","category-mars","tag-candy-collecting","tag-candy-collection","tag-candy-collector","tag-candy-wrapper-collection","tag-candy-wrapper-collector","tag-christmas","tag-collectible","tag-collecting-candy","tag-confectionery","tag-confections","tag-holiday","tag-mms","tag-mascot","tag-packaging","tag-sweets","tag-vintage-candy-wrapper","tag-wrapper"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2aFGk-3g1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12525"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12540,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12525\/revisions\/12540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}