My doorbell just rang. And what to my wondering eyes should appear–a four-wheeler with Santa Claus in tow.\u00a0 He had a little jar of M&M’s for me.\u00a0 And the jar was inscribed with my name!\u00a0 How cool is that?<\/p>\n
The Dairy Farmers of Canada has figured it all out–why Santa needs cookies and milk…<\/p>\n
If 80% of the world is nice, Santa has to deliver 5.6 billion presents to them.
\nIf 20% of the world is naughty, Santa has to deliver 1.4 billion lumps of coal to them.<\/p>\n
And Santa will burn over 684 billion calories<\/strong> to do his job.\u00a0 Jolly old St. Nick needs fuel–and it is up to us to provide 50 million gallons of milk and 3.8 billion cookies!<\/p>\n So we need to get baking–only a little over 2 days left before He takes flight with his load of goodies. Or buying if you don’t bake–gingerbread men are preferred.\u00a0 But chocolate chip, coconut-pecan Sandies, Snickerdoodles, frosted sugar cookies, and even vanilla wafers will do.\u00a0 (Progressive Dairy Farmers Magazine<\/strong><\/em>, 12 Dec 2014, pp.20-21.)<\/p>\n Santa gave me M&M’s; he’ll collect my favorite–raisin-filled cookies.\u00a0 Merry Christmas to all, your favorite genealogist, Arlene Eakle\u00a0 http:\/\/arleneeakle.com<\/p>\n PS\u00a0 I am having trouble connecting to the internet with any consistency.\u00a0 Cannot send email nor access websites. Hang in there with me, Kathryn is trying to get it fixed–but I have a three-year-old machine and updates screw it all up.\u00a0 Working to get research reports sent out–a lot of them.\u00a0 Watch your postal mail boxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My doorbell just rang. And what to my wondering eyes should appear–a four-wheeler with Santa Claus in tow.\u00a0 He had a little jar of M&M’s for me.\u00a0 And the jar was inscribed with my name!\u00a0 How cool is that? The … Continue reading