I’d like to share two holiday items from my e-mail. First, this story-reminder of the Christmas message of sharing (author unknown):
If the girl wasn’t so poor
She’d be as pretty as you
Wearing all your fine and warm clothes
Eating delicate cakes and waffles
Not like the gruel she’s been so
used to
If the boy wasn’t so poor
Maybe he’d laugh like you too
Playing tag with mommy and daddy
Littering toys, there’s just too many
And not work at night because
he has to
If the man wasn’t so poor
He could walk as proud as you do
Talk of fancy cars and that good
investment
Not fret over bills or last month’s
unpaid rent
Or hide the truth he’s been quite
ill too
If the mother wasn’t poor
She can try to be as proper as you
Admire your big hair with its pins
and laces
Tea with society friends with same
faces
She can’t talk much because she
knows she’s not you_
But they saw someone else was as
poor
And they were looking for shelter too
Away from a king, his plot and his
danger
The weary couple rest in a Bethlehem
manger
And a holy child to them was born
And the newborn bore hope
He smiled as if he always knew
That he will always be by their
side and
Will never ever leave them
His loving eyes assured, “I am just
like you.”
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Then, a recipe for Tequila Christmas Cookies, which the anonymous chef says s/he has tried a couple of times, and so can we:
Ingredients
1 cup water
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar
4 large eggs
1 cup nuts
2 cups dried fruit
750 ml bottle tequila, Jose Cuervo
Directions
1. Sample the Cuervo to check quality.
2. Take a large bowl, check the Cuervo again to be sure it is of the highest quality.
3. Pour one level cup and drink.
4. Turn on the electric mixer.
5. Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.
6. Add one peastoon of sugar.
7. Beat again.
8. At this point it’s best to make sure the Cuervo is still ok, try another cup just in case.
9. Turn off the mixerer thingy.
10. Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.
11. Pick the frigging fruit off the floor.
12. Mix on the turner.
13. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaters just pry it loose with a drewscriver.
14. Sample the Cuervo to check for tonsisticity.
15. Next, sift two cups of salt, or something.
16. Who geeves a sheet.
17. Check the Jose Cuervo.
18. Add one table.
19. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink.
20. Whatever you can find.
21. Greash the oven.
22. Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.
23. Don’t forget to beat off the turner.
24. Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the Cose Juervo and make sure to put the stove in the wishdasher.
Cherry Mistmas!
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