And if wishes were bran

Posted by Bob December 27, 2002In reply to BRAN TUB posted by James Briggs on December 27, 2002

PLEASE DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE ORIGIN OF THE MEANING `BRAN TUB` AS IN CHRISTMAS OFFICE BRAN TUB WHERE EVERYBODY WRAPS UP A PRESENT PUTS IT IN A LARGE BOX THEN TAKES OUT ANOTHER PRESENT

It looks like a UK thing. Seems the bran(probably in the form of a fine grain?), hides the gifts.
From a few websites:
A large tub is decorated with crepe paper, filled with bran or sawdust, then wrapped gifts were hidden in the bran. Everyone at the party had a chance to pull out a prize from the tub.

That's it exactly! Very UK by the sound of things.
Happy New Year - just to be early as well as full of Good Wishes.

if wishes were bran flakes,
we'd all have, well, a regular year.