Quality street chocolates 
were in a massive great big tin 
lasting us for weeks
On our Christmas festive binge

That distinctive pink round tin
with a soldier and his lady 
a familiar sight for us
as we dipped into them daily 

That gorgeous smell of chocolate
a treasure chest of colour
a must have tin for Christmas 
for the die hard chocolate lover

A handy tin to have around
when finally it’s empty 
a few ones left that no one likes
after our chocolate scoffing frenzy 

The tin was always saved
and never thrown away
It became a handy storage tin
for things to put away

The tins I’d say now,
are a third of the original size
they’ve shrunk dramatically every year,
before our very eyes

if they shrink them anymore,
they’ll have to change the name
because the quality street that I recall 
Is definitely not the same