I have a secret love of marshmallow Peeps. They are marshmallow, vanilla and sugar shaped into to different holiday icons--at Christmas snowmen, for Valentines Day hearts and on Easter yellow, pink and blue chicks. Now theses peeps really aren't tasty but they are festive.

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So low and behold, both my parents and my bother N. and his girlfriend K. sent me peeps in the mail for Christmas. Aww...  My MoM and dAd went the standard route and put theirs in a ziplock bag. My bother N. (&amp; K.) kicked things up a notch sending me two peeps which had been vacuumed packed in a bag. In other words, all of the air has been sucked out.

<a title="Vacuum Packed Peep Snowmen by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/6563172187/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7145/6563172187_794720ceeb_z.jpg" alt="Vacuum Packed Peep Snowmen" width="640" height="427" /></a>

I am not sure how much vacuum packing marshmallows helps them stay fresh but in these case it made them look they have melted in the bag. It's very funny if you ask me. And I had a long laugh about it.

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Okay, I've got to go and finish getting packed for my London adventure. I'll be in London for a week and then I am taking the train to Paris. I'll fly back to Sofia on the 7th!