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1 hour ago, suzilightning said:

WHAT is the connection to cookies for Christmas?

I thought that was an excellent question, so I went a-Googling. I found this link particularly interesting, and Wikipedia has a little info about the subject and more info about and photos of traditional Christmas cookies.

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I made decorated cut out sugar cookies to hang on the Christmas tree a couple of years. My thrifty gene wanted to eat the cookies too, after they had served their decorating duty. Rather than the hole in the cookie for a hanger, I made them as usual and wrapped each one in plastic wrap. Then I threaded a ribbon trough the plastic wrap for hanging on the tree. I got tired of having to closely supervise dogs during the holidays along with everything else, so I quit after those first couple of years, but it sure made for a pretty tree, and gave me the feeling of an old-fashioned country Christmas. I also strung popcorn for ropes of "tinsel" and hung Candy Canes on these trees. All the decorations were edible, but the popcorn got stale. The birds enjoyed it after Christmas, though.

1 hour ago, suzilightning said:

WHAT is the connection to cookies for Christmas?

I thought that was an excellent question, so I went a-Googling. I found this link particularly interesting, and Wikipedia has a little info about the subject and more info about and photos of traditional Christmas cookies.