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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Dixie sent this to our Blind Crafters cooking group, but y’all talking about the chocolate you need to do crafting makes me think it a tiny bit on topic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> BCCooks@groups.io <BCCooks@groups.io> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dixie via groups.io<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 27, 2024 11:41 AM<br><b>To:</b> BCCooks@groups.io<br><b>Subject:</b> [BC Cooks] Christmas Cookie Rules<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Christmas Cookie Rules…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1. If you eat a Christmas cookie fresh out of the oven, it has no calories<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>because everyone knows that the first cookie is the test and thus calorie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>free.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2. If you drink a diet soda after eating your second cookie, it also has no<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>calories because the diet soda cancels out the cookie calories.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3. If a friend comes over while you’re making your Christmas cookies and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>needs to sample, you must sample with your friend. Because your friend’s<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>first cookie is calories free, (rule #1) yours is also. It would be rude to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>let your friend sample alone and, being the friend that you are, that makes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>your cookie calorie free.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4. Any cookie calories consumed while walking around will fall to your feet<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and eventually fall off as you move. This is due to gravity and the density<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of the caloric mass.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5. Any calories consumed during the frosting of the Christmas cookies will<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>be used up because it takes many calories to lick excess frosting from a<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>knife without cutting your tongue.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>6. Cookies colored red or green have very few calories. Red ones have three<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and green ones have five – one calorie for each letter. Make more red ones!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>7. Cookies eaten while watching “Miracle on 34th Street” have no calories<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>because they are part of the entertainment package and not part of one’s<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>personal fuel.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>8. As always, cookie pieces contain no calories because the process of<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>breaking causes calorie leakage.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>9. Any cookies consumed from someone else’s plate have no calories since the<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>calories rightfully belong to the other person and will cling to their<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>plate. We all know how calories like to CLING!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>10. Any cookies consumed while feeling stressed have no calories because<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>cookies used for medicinal purposes NEVER have calories. It’s a rule!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So, go out and enjoy those Christmas Cookies – we only get them this time of year!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://tastingspoons.com/archives/11902">Christmas Cookie Rules | TastingSpoons</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Merry Christmas!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Dixie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn10FF-FQfs"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn10FF-FQfs</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>And, that is what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:white;mso-ligatures:none'>_._,_._,_<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>Groups.io Links:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>You receive all messages sent to this group. <o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="https://groups.io/g/BCCooks/message/1038" target="_blank">View/Reply Online (#1038)</a> | <a href="mailto:BCCooks@groups.io?subject=Re:%20%5BBC%20Cooks%5D%20Christmas%20Cookie%20Rules" target="_blank">Reply to Group</a> | <a href="mailto:cobaltblueheron@gmail.com?subject=Private:%20Re:%20%5BBC%20Cooks%5D%20Christmas%20Cookie%20Rules" target="_blank">Reply to Sender</a> | <a href="https://groups.io/mt/110306881/414795" target="_blank">Mute This Topic</a> | <a href="https://groups.io/g/BCCooks/post">New Topic</a> <o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:8.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'><hr size=2 width="25%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>This group typically meets at 3:00 PM Eastern Time, on the first Sunday of each month. 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