Paddington Bear cross-cultural links between the UK and Peru, the British embassy and StudioCanal commissioned a statue of Paddington in Parque Salazar in the Miraflores district of the Peruvian capital, which was unveiled in July 2015 . Paddington Bear is also used in marketing for Robertson's, on the label of their Golden Shred marmalade. The 2017 Marks and Spencer Christmas advertisement for television shows Paddington mistaking a petty criminal for Santa Claus and helping him right the wrong by returning the gifts back to their rightful owners. Paddington Bear Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He first appeared on
Marmalade comfort". According to the "Oxford English Dictionary", "marmalade" appeared in the English language in 1480, borrowed from French "marmelade" which, in turn, came from the galician language word "marmelada". According to José Pedro Machado’s "Dicionário Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa", the oldest known document where this Portuguese word is to be found is Gil Vicente’s play "Comédia de Rubena", written in 1521: The extension of "marmalade" in the English language to refer to a preserve made from citrus fruits occurred in the 17th century, when citrus first began to be plentiful enough in England for the usage to become common. In