Thinking about it now, I suppose it could be that boxes of five would be awkward which is why ten wasn't chosen as the base number. However, I like to think the true reason was that somewhere, many years ago when such things were being decided, someone realised that one day I would want to make an Advent calendar with my Zeds and that two empty egg cartons that formerly housed a dozen eggs each would be perfect for this purpose.
I am still mentally refining the precise way in which our egg box Advent calendar will work but I am fairly confident it will be a thing of beauty. (I keep vacillating between "egg carton" and "egg box", sometimes feeling that "carton" is more North American and sometimes feeling that it's just the right name - thoughts?)
(Here's the real answer according to the internet. If I'd googled before writing, this post might never have existed.)
And that is why you should never Google anything before writing a blog post! :-p
ReplyDeleteI think carton or box are both fine, myself. I think I probably say carton. (And we sometimes have eggs in boxes of ten! Oh, then I wrote "boxes". Doh!)
Yes, am glad I waited 'til after to Google but am somewhat shocked that you get boxes of 10 eggs. The carton vs box thing is still not settled in my mind!
DeleteI'd say egg carton. Good luck with your advent calendar creation. Ours is a reusable one that we take out each year. I've just set it up right now, while drinking tea from a Christmas mug. All this to counteract the grim, grim day here in So'ton. Wahey for Christmas!
ReplyDeleteYay! Happy Advent calendar preparation!
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