Mr. Peppermint

The tree goes up, lights and ornaments follow, and candy canes are the finishing touch. For some reason, in our house, they don't get eaten, so every year the candy canes get bagged up and sent to the office, where somebody will always eat them. But did you know that peppermint soothes your stomach after too much "eggnog", relieves the stress of annoying relatives, soothes a headache from listening to too much Christmas music, AND relieves motion sickness from flying around all night in your sleigh! It acts as a decongestant when you're all stopped up because you're allergic to poinsettias, and stunts bacteria floating around at the mall as you wrap up your last minute Christmas shopping (that's what you get for waiting...). So, unwrap one of those candy canes - at approximately 100 calories and and no fat, it might be just the thing that keeps you in the spirit! Melissa