<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thank you for sharing this! I love it. :-)<div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Ericka Nelson</div><div>KD9VBX</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 28, 2024, at 1:10 PM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><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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