Kicker - A life-saving gag gift

NICK EICHER, HOST: Every family has their holiday traditions, but this one’s pretty sweet!

It started in 1987, when Ryan Wasson gave his brother a 10-roll package of LifeSavers candy for Christmas. It was a gag gift. Brother Eric Wasson told WMUR that he didn’t like the candy and Ryan knew it, just like a brother.

ERIC: I didn’t eat them. And so the next year I thought hey I think I’m going to give it back to him.

But the following Christmas, Ryan gifted the candy back to Eric once again and so it began.

And through the years, the brothers have gotten quite creative, finding ways to surprise each other by delivering the candy in unexpected ways.

RYAN: Froze in a block of ice before, put it in jello. He one time sewed it into a teddy bear.

Ryan said his brother has come up with some great ideas, but he’ll never surrender.

Whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender

Never surrender to Eric.

RYAN: Neither one of us will give up. You know, we’re brothers. We can never give up.

It’s probably also a safe bet that no one will ever actually eat the now-34-year-old candy.

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