Tag: holidays

Family

AM I THE ONLY ONE . . . who realizes that happiness does not depend upon the number of gifts received?

Donna Chandler

Honestly, I don’t remember Christmas when I was 5 years old.  I’m sure the gifts were few and probably handmade.  I don’t remember being unhappy at Christmas time, so that is a good thing.

I do remember my children when they were young.  They chose one favorite item for Santa to bring.  (Think Pound Puppies and Cabbage Patch Dolls) and as parents, we gave them clothes, etc. And I don’t remember either child being unhappy.

At 75 years old, the children have families of their own.  What do I need for Christmas at this age?  I don’t need a single thing.  A phone call for each child is enough.  I am in good health.  I have a home that shelters me from the weather.  I have clothing to wear and food to eat. 

Leaning back in my recliner, looking at my surroundings, remembering days gone by, and resting my tired bones seems like a perfect Christmas to me.  I certainly won’t remember the 2024 Christmas as an unhappy one.  My life is good.

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Humorous

AM I THE ONLY ONE . . . who bakes too many Christmas cookies?

Donna Chandler

My rule, in the past,was that a broken cookie had no calories because the calories all fell of the break. I was so happy to run across a whole list of rules on Facebook and feel this knowledge should be shared with all Christmas cookie lovers:

Christmas Cookie Rules…

  1. If you eat a Christmas cookie fresh out of the oven, it has no calories because everyone knows that the first cookie is the test and thus calorie free.  However, calories are units of heat so wait for them to cool, there will no calories.
  2. If you drink a diet soda after eating your second cookie, it also has no calories because the diet soda cancels out the cookie calories.
  3. If a friend comes over while you’re making your Christmas cookies and needs to sample, you must sample with your friend.  Because your friend’s first cookie is calorie free, (rule #1) yours is also.  It would be rude to let your friend sample alone and, being the friend that you are, that makes your cookie calorie free.
  4. Any cookie calories consumed while walking around will fall to your feet and eventually fall off as you move.  This is due to gravity and the density of the caloric mass.
  5. Any calories consumed during the frosting of the Christmas cookies will be used up because it takes many calories to lick excess frosting from a knife without cutting your tongue.
  6. Cookies colored red or green have very few calories.  Red ones have three and green ones have five – one calorie for each letter.  Make more red ones!
  7. Cookies eaten while watching “Miracle on 34th Street” have no calories because they are part of the entertainment package and not part of one’s personal fuel.
  8. As always, cookie pieces contain no calories because the process of breaking causes calorie leakage.
  9. Any cookies consumed from someone else’s plate have no calories because the calories rightfully belong to the other person and will cling to their plate.  We all know how calories like to CLING
  10. Any cookies consumed while feeling stressed have no calories because cookies used for medicinal purposes NEVER have calories.  It’s a rule!

So, enjoy those Christmas Cookies – we get them only this time of year!

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