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Argh! I was a little late starting off my Christmas pudding preparations this year (I've been very short on time what with a lot of other festive events currently occupying me), so when I began mixing my ingredients together in a hurry I accidentally knocked a whole bag of cinnamon sticks off a shelf and into the mixture. Before I knew it, I'd stirred them all in and they'd broken into bits.
Looking into the mixing bowl, I remember that this packet had been a gift in my Christmas stocking last year. I recall that each cinnamon stick was adorned with text as part of a festive promotion, and that there had been some kind of overarching Christmassy message on the packaging.
Now I could just look at the plastic to find out what it was, but I'm pretty sure I can figure it out based off what I can see in the bowl, and the puzzler in me wants to solve this puzzle before I check my answer! Perhaps you can work it out too?
TASK: By looking at the cinnamon sticks, tell me what the 'overarching Christmassy message' on the packaging is.
NB Prefer no partial answers in the first 24 hours, please - if you think you've spotted something important, roll with it and work it through to a complete solution. You can do it!
