Chocolate Orange Christingle (case of 24)

Single Christingle Oranges are available here.

We love Christingle services, but, once over, nearly half a million oranges, plastic ribbons, candles and donation envelopes are thrown away every year. That’s a lot of wasted food and plastic.

So to help make Christingle events more ethical and safer we have created the world's first Fairtrade Meaningful Chocolate Orange boxed in the style of a Christingle.

It has Christingle symbols along with an explanation of their meaning. The box also doubles as charity collection box with a slot for coins so you can still encourage donations to usual charities. Everything is plastic free and can be recycled.

With a few simple tweaks to liturgy, order of services or events it is possible to run a safer more ethical Christingle. 

Meaningful Features

• Explains Christingle symbols (See below)
• Box doubles as charity collection box with coin slot
• Made from Fairtrade orange milk chocolate 35% cocoa
• Includes brief explanation of Fairtrade
  
• Ready made - no need to assemble
• Plastic free
  
• Recyclable box
• Candle free
  
• No sharp edges from cocktail sticks
• Conforms to food regulations - no sticky oranges or germs on fruit

The box is 6.5cm wide, 6.5cm deep and 10cm high. The chocolate orange is 6cm diameter, hollow and wrapped in plain festive orange foil.

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 History  of Christingles

In 1747 Bishop Johannes de Watteville started the tradition in Germany. The Moravian Church then spread the tradition. In the UK, since the 1960s, Christingles have been used in Advent to share the Christmas message and raise funds for charity.

Symbolism of Christingles

• The word Christingle means 'Christ's Light'.  Its decorations have special meanings-
• The orange represents the world
• The red ribbon Represents God’s love around the world and remembers the events of Easter
• The candle Represents Jesus the light of the world brings hope in the darkness
• The fruits Represents creation and the four seasons

About Fairtrade

All our chocolate is Fairtrade. This means our farmers receive a fair price for their sugar and cocoa and an extra Fairtrade Premium cash payment which they can use to invest in their community, buying everything from schoolbooks to solar panels and providing fresh water supplies.