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From: "Sioux Valley Real Estate" <>
Subject: Fw: Norwegian Christmas Cookies
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 13:37:42 -0800


HI LISTERS Maybe it has something to do with the number of generations of
recipes and Tradition. Here at our house I try to fix everyone's favorite,
whether its one of the great grandma's or grandma's or my own recipes and so
it gets to be quite an assortment of goodies, not only cookies.

Sincerely Arlene in SD
>

At our local SON meeting a discussion was started as to why do Norwegians
> need to make 7 or 12 different kinds of cookies. I tried the Internet
but
> all I could find out is that is that the tradition came from medieval
times.
> Can anybody give me some info on the origins of the tradition. By the way,
my
> wife stopped at 7. Tusen Takk Ralph Peterson
>
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