Giant Xmas log

Students at the Institute of Tourism Studies broke the Guinness World Record for the longest Christmas Log in the World, achieved in aid of Razzett tal-Hbiberija. From MaltaMedia News:

Students from the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) spent Monday baking away at an 88.44 metre long Christmas log in a bid to enter the Guinness World Record for the longest Christmas log ever made, as well as help charitable organization Razzett tal-Ħbiberija. The log took 165 kg of digestive biscuits to make, coupled up with a further 137.5 kg of dates, 55 kg of candied peel, 275 tins of milk, more than 19 bottles of brandy as well as 550 teaspoons of vanilla. The log, prepared by 30 ITS students over the period of one month, weighed 465kg by the time it was completed.
After being presented to the Razzett tal-Ħbiberija premises in Marsascala and measured by architect Joseph Zerafa Boffa, the log was cut up in one-foot (0.30m) portions and sold to local councils. Although most of the portions were sold, some remaining slices of the massive log can be bought from the Razzet tal-Ħbiberija premises at Lm8...