Maybe it's not close enough to Christmas... I think that's usually when they get sold.

Huh, I had to google this, I'd never heard of reception sticks

The tragedy of my life is that I spent my childhood being given niche candies that were popular "back in the day" because my dad was born in 1931 and now my taste in sweets tends towards the geriatric.

Unlike most of those sweets, though, I HIGHLY recommend reception sticks to anyone. They're so fucking good.

(I am, tragically, the exact person for whom necco wafers were brought back)