Holiday Goodie Plate saturation point

[TripletDaddy]

I've arrived at the official saturation point. From here on out, diminishing marginal utility with each plate of Christmas cookies, brownies, fudge, chocolate dipped pretzels, cakes, those weird cough balls that are coated in white powder and make you cough when you try to eat one, and any dessert that has been engineered to look like a snowman, a reindeer, or any other yuletide symbol.

From here on out, everything is going straight to the round file. And it seems like the goodie plate exchange is just starting to really heat up this week, too.

Has anyone else reached their limit yet? I am now afraid to answer our front door because it will be another goodie plate.

Honestly, I would love for someone to show up with some apples or maybe some fresh berries.

[Donuthole]

I haven't reached it yet (the office has been uncharacteristically goodie-free this year) but I know exactly what you are talking about. I expect to be there by early next week sometime.

[The_Tick]

We have yet to receive 1 plate this year.

Not loved...but I am good with that.

[Coach McGuirk]

At the office, we do the 25 days of Christmas goodies. For my turn this week, I brought in a veggie tray. That is where I was with saturation. It mostly went over well.

[Coach McGuirk]

At the office, we do the 25 days of Christmas goodies. For my turn this week, I brought in a veggie tray. That is where I was with saturation. It mostly went over well.

PS, this was after my first turn this week, when I brought your Ooey Gooey's. Those things require you lay off all sugar for a while.

[TripletDaddy]

PS, this was after my first turn this week, when I brought your Ooey Gooey's. Those things require you lay off all sugar for a while.

those are good cookies! did you like them?

I agree....they are ridiculously fattening and should probably be avoided.

I knew our house was at a saturation point when we had goodie plates of cookies and junk laid out downstairs in the kitchen...and upstairs in the hallway! Once you have snacking plates strategically placed upstairs in the hallway, you have a problem and need to address it.

[beelzebabette]

I hear you. WoSG and I peel off labels and re-gift goodie plates (though sometimes re-packaging is required). Gifts from Mormon friends go to non-Mormon friends and vice versa; gifts from neighbors go to colleages and vice versa. It's a great system... try it next year.

As teenagers, we used to play "Spot the Re-gifters." About as challenging as "Spot the Escort" in Vegas.

DDD, fun times w/ the RSP in the house. I thought it was normal to get goodie plates from everyone in the ward with parents going back-to-back as bishop & RSP from the time I was 3-11. My family never made it through all the goodies.

[Coach McGuirk]

those are good cookies! did you like them?

I agree....they are ridiculously fattening and should probably be avoided.

They were incredible. Much bigger hit than the veggie tray. I ended up with over 10 requests for the recipe.

[kccougar]

I reach my limit every year with just one goodie plate. I try to remind myself before the goodie season starts that people don't know how to bake anymore, but I'm always suckered into trying that one really good-looking chocolate chip cookie or gooey brownie. Yuck.

Why do I even try them? I know before I even open the package that none of the good sisters dropping these treats on the doorstep have ever bought a package of real, honest-to-goodness butter. Long live the Crisco!

[TripletDaddy]

As teenagers, we used to play "Spot the Re-gifters." About as challenging as "Spot the Escort" in Vegas.

DDD, fun times w/ the RSP in the house. I thought it was normal to get goodie plates from everyone in the ward with parents going back-to-back as bishop & RSP from the time I was 3-11. My family never made it through all the goodies.

B-i-n-g-o is your name-o. We have more plates than we know what to do with so I am now just chucking them.

Along these lines, two days ago my wife received a call from a sister in the ward. The RS just had their Christmas dinner that evening and my wife was home relaxing, getting ready for bed, prepping excuses to avoid me, etc.

The phone rings and it is someone in the ward. She tells my wife that there is "some leftover ham" that they are going to drop off at our house so that my wife can re-distribute it to someone else in the ward. Not an uncooked ham, mind you. Just a glass baking pan of leftover cooked ham that went uneaten at the christmas dinner. My wife tried to dissuade them from stopping by, but they were calling from their cell on the way to the house.

We had ham and eggs yesterday for breakfast.

[marsupial]

I've arrived at the official saturation point. From here on out, diminishing marginal utility with each plate of Christmas cookies, brownies, fudge, chocolate dipped pretzels, cakes, those weird cough balls that are coated in white powder and make you cough when you try to eat one, and any dessert that has been engineered to look like a snowman, a reindeer, or any other yuletide symbol.

From here on out, everything is going straight to the round file. And it seems like the goodie plate exchange is just starting to really heat up this week, too.

Has anyone else reached their limit yet? I am now afraid to answer our front door because it will be another goodie plate.

Honestly, I would love for someone to show up with some apples or maybe some fresh berries.

Oh look at me everyone... I have all these friends coming to my house to wish me a Merry Christmas.

Maybe some of us haven't gotten any goodie plates this year. And maybe some of us think those little white cough balls (they're Danish wedding cookies) are delicious.

[Katy Lied]

This year someone got up in church and announced that it would be nice if instead of exchanging neighbor gifts, we could just bring over a couple of canned goods for the homeless. They had a bonfire at their house and hot chocolate and donuts one night, and everyone came and deposited their donations. I have yet to receive a neighbor gift this year.

I really like it. Now I don't have to worry about giving or getting a really lame plate of cookies. And if the mood to bake strikes me, I'll just make something for the family. Like, marzipan kringle.

[TripletDaddy]

Maybe some of us haven't gotten any goodie plates this year. And maybe some of us think those little white cough balls (they're Danish wedding cookies) are delicious.

Then you are obviously not at a goodie plate saturation point yet!

[falafel]

And maybe some of us think those little white cough balls (they're Danish wedding cookies) are delicious.

I always thought those were called Mexican wedding cookies.

[Katy Lied]

I always thought those were called Mexican wedding cookies.

thats what we call them.