The Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, VA 2013

Can you imagine THESE on your Christmas tree? (From the Chihuly exhibit at VMFA in Jan, 2013)

Friday the 13th isn’t at all scary if you have COOKIES!

Italian Christmas Cookies, made by Laylabug and I. (the ONLY Italian Christmas cookie I can make. But Oh, do I drool over some Strufoli or Pignoli!)

One of the best things about Christmas time is that everybody talks about cookies, and shares cookies! Photos and recipes, everywhere you go!  Newspapers even have cookie contests.

Now, I didn’t grow up with a grandmother baking for hours in the kitchen—her everyday cookie was a tray of Chips Ahoy and for festive occasions she went for Pepperidge Farm Milano’s arranged artfully on a tray.

But that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate a good cookie!

If you have a cookie recipe that is special to you, feel free to share it!