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Christmas in Colorado on a low-sugar diet

This is the appeal I sent out to my sisters in the low-sugar world... Anyone have further suggestions??

So it's 10 days till Xmas and I'm finally getting into the holiday spirit...

Any suggestions for low-sugar holiday treats? (beyond bacon-wrapped dates, giant cheese balls, and $80 chateaubriand stuffed with mushroom/onion purée and spinach and topped with herbed butter?)

Unfortunately, a lot of the recipes for these Frankenstein low-sugar cookies won't work at altitude -- the result is usually a tray of cookies that are the consistency of hockey pucks, 2 lbs of uncooked dough, and Amy on the floor with a bottle of vodka muttering "why? Why? I added extra flour like they asked..."

(sigh)

I don't know, maybe rum balls?

Amy

The worst (and longest) math joke ever, courtesy of my dad


An Indian chief had three wives, each of whom was pregnant. 
 The first gave birth to a boy. The chief was so elated he 
 built her a teepee made of deer hide. A few days later, the 
 second gave birth, also to a boy. The chief was very happy. 
 He built her a teepee made of antelope hide. The third wife 
 gave birth a few days later, but the chief kept the details 
 a secret. He built this one a two story teepee, made out of 
 a hippopotamus hide.

 At this point, the chief then challenged the tribe to guess 
 what had just occurred. Many tried, unsuccessfully. 
 Finally, one young brave declared that the third wife had 
 given birth to twin boys.

 "Correct," said the chief. "How did you figure it out?"

 The warrior answered, "It's elementary. The value of the 
 squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the 
 squaws of the other two hides."