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  98 <article class="day-desc"><h2>--- Day 1: Calorie Counting ---</h2><p>Santa's reindeer typically eat regular reindeer food, but they need a lot of <a href="/2018/day/25">magical energy</a> to deliver presents on Christmas. For that, their favorite snack is a special type of <em class="star">star</em> fruit that only grows deep in the jungle. The Elves have brought you on their annual expedition to the grove where the fruit grows.</p>
  99 <p>To supply enough magical energy, the expedition needs to retrieve a minimum of <em class="star">fifty stars</em> by December 25th. Although the Elves assure you that the grove has plenty of fruit, you decide to grab any fruit you see along the way, just in case.</p>
 100 <p>Collect stars by solving puzzles.  Two puzzles will be made available on each day in the Advent calendar; the second puzzle is unlocked when you complete the first.  Each puzzle grants <em class="star">one star</em>. Good luck!</p>
 101 <p>The jungle must be too overgrown and difficult to navigate in vehicles or access from the air; the Elves' expedition traditionally goes on foot. As your boats approach land, the Elves begin taking inventory of their supplies. One important consideration is food - in particular, the number of <em>Calories</em> each Elf is carrying (your puzzle input).</p>
 102 <p>The Elves take turns writing down the number of Calories contained by the various meals, snacks, rations, <span title="By &quot;etc&quot;, you're pretty sure they just mean &quot;more snacks&quot;.">etc.</span> that they've brought with them, one item per line. Each Elf separates their own inventory from the previous Elf's inventory (if any) by a blank line.</p>
 103 <p>For example, suppose the Elves finish writing their items' Calories and end up with the following list:</p>
 104 <pre><code>1000
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 119 <p>This list represents the Calories of the food carried by five Elves:</p>
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 121 <li>The first Elf is carrying food with <code>1000</code>, <code>2000</code>, and <code>3000</code> Calories, a total of <code><em>6000</em></code> Calories.</li>
 122 <li>The second Elf is carrying one food item with <code><em>4000</em></code> Calories.</li>
 123 <li>The third Elf is carrying food with <code>5000</code> and <code>6000</code> Calories, a total of <code><em>11000</em></code> Calories.</li>
 124 <li>The fourth Elf is carrying food with <code>7000</code>, <code>8000</code>, and <code>9000</code> Calories, a total of <code><em>24000</em></code> Calories.</li>
 125 <li>The fifth Elf is carrying one food item with <code><em>10000</em></code> Calories.</li>
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 127 <p>In case the Elves get hungry and need extra snacks, they need to know which Elf to ask: they'd like to know how many Calories are being carried by the Elf carrying the <em>most</em> Calories. In the example above, this is <em><code>24000</code></em> (carried by the fourth Elf).</p>
 128 <p>Find the Elf carrying the most Calories. <em>How many total Calories is that Elf carrying?</em></p>
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 130 <p>Your puzzle answer was <code>66719</code>.</p><article class="day-desc"><h2 id="part2">--- Part Two ---</h2><p>By the time you calculate the answer to the Elves' question, they've already realized that the Elf carrying the most Calories of food might eventually <em>run out of snacks</em>.</p>
 131 <p>To avoid this unacceptable situation, the Elves would instead like to know the total Calories carried by the <em>top three</em> Elves carrying the most Calories. That way, even if one of those Elves runs out of snacks, they still have two backups.</p>
 132 <p>In the example above, the top three Elves are the fourth Elf (with <code>24000</code> Calories), then the third Elf (with <code>11000</code> Calories), then the fifth Elf (with <code>10000</codE> Calories). The sum of the Calories carried by these three elves is <code><em>45000</em></code>.</p>
 133 <p>Find the top three Elves carrying the most Calories. <em>How many Calories are those Elves carrying in total?</em></p>
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 135 <p>Your puzzle answer was <code>198551</code>.</p><p class="day-success">Both parts of this puzzle are complete! They provide two gold stars: **</p>
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