One
of the
Christmas
traditions we
have started
with my grand-
daughter,Tori,
is making
Christmas
cookies and
decorating
them. We
always do this
first thing on
the morning
she is with us
to celebrate
the holidays.
Charlotte
makes the
sugar cookies
and cuts them
into Christmas
shapes.
They are all
ready for us
on Saturday
morning.
Tori always
wakes up at
daylight, and
when Tori is
up, everybody
in the house
is up!
We have
pancakes and
bacon, then
the fun
begins.
We
sort out the
cookies
according to
designs.
Each one of
us, Tori,
Charlotte and
Nana, gets the
same number
and shapes of
cookies.
Nana has
bought the
usual cookie
decorating
icings and
sparkles and
so forth, and
we all get an
ample supply
of all the
needed
ingredients.
Now we go to
work!
We
mix up
frosting and
color it with
food coloring,
then take
paint brushes
and paint the
icing
on.
After that
dries, we
paint on
faces,
clothes,
whatever we
want. We
also add
sparkles and
colored
sprinkles and
everything we
can find room
for.
Tori
always make a
cookie for
each member of
the
family.
There is a
cookie for
Daddy,
Charlotte,
Pappy, Nana,
Mama, Mike,
Mams,
Grand-daddy,
Grammy, and
Aunt
Sue. She
decorates all
of these
cookies by
herself, and
hands them
out. We
pack up the
ones that go
home with her
to be
delivered when
she gets
there.
We
all enjoy a
cookie with
milk and most
of them are
packed up to
go home with
her for her
Christmas at
home.
I
am glad we
have started
this tradition
with Tori,
and that she
will have
these good
memories when
she is grown
and married,
has children
of her own,
and is making
cookies with
them on
Christmas Eve.
© Ann Joyce November 29, 2008
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