Christmas is Getting Closer

My daughters have kept me in all kinds of Christmas goodies. They love to bake for their families and pass along samples of cookies and candies from time to time. It is a lot of fun to receive these as I just do not do the Christmas baking like I used to. I have passed that on down to the next generation and it is really neat to enjoy these things without all the work. It is a time of feasting on goodies and then after New Years, trying to take off the pounds you have gained. But what a delightful way to gain those pounds and it is only once a year.

Christmas Cookies

This is the time of year when all the baking gets done. I don't do a lot of baking anymore but our Pastor's wife has invited us to a coffee Saturday morning and we are supposed to bring a dozen Christmas cookies. So yesterday I baked a half batch and ended up with 25 cookies. Set aside the 12 best looking ones, my husband ate one, and gave the neighbor the other 12. She doesn't have sweets in the house because her husband is diabetic so she was quite happy to receive the cookies and I am not tempted to eat them myself.