One year, for christmas, he was gifted an orange - in midwinter! There was considerable speculation about how far it must have traveled. Was that really all th

One year, for christmas, he was gifted an orange - in midwinter! There was considerable speculation about how far it must have traveled. Was that really all that uncommon, though? My father, born in the 50's, always associated oranges with christmas - it was their season, after all. For me, my parents kept up a tradition of giving an apple and an orange in stockings - this was in the late 70's to the 90's. Many years later, I moved to Norway, where I can buy boxes of mandarin oranges every christmas, as they are a traditional christmas time food (Last year was filled with mandarin cocktails to use up the box). Not to mention the prevalence of things like clove-studded oranges that pop up around christmas. From what I can tell, not associating oranges with Christmas is really a more modern take on the holiday, as at one time, they were in season around the holidays.