For many years, mostly in the 1970's, Santa would stuff the Christmas stockings of Joe, Sam, and Pete with Life Savers "story books". Each story book had about ten to twelve rolls of lifesavers in a variety of colors and flavors. The package they were in opened up something like a story book. Ten or so rolls of Life Savers lasted a while and I remember eating them well into March while watching Saturday morning cartoons.
The following is from Wikipedia:
"Life Savers is an American brand of ring-shaped mints and artificially fruit-flavored hard candy. The candy is known for its distinctive packaging, coming in aluminum foil rolls."
"In 1912, candy manufacturer Clarence Crane of Cleveland, Ohio, invented Life Savers as a "summer candy" that could withstand the heat better than chocolate. The candy's name is derived from its similarity to the shape of lifebuoys used for saving people who have fallen off of boats."
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