It was an ordinary day. Reading a story titled Christmas Cookie Memories which was written by Wendy Schreiner. Her story reminded me of years gone by when my brother and I would make cookies with our mom....and many years after that when my wife and children and I would do just about the same thing together. Every Christmas for years and years, my mom, my brother and I would head into the kitchen and make a floury mess of memories while my dad was at work. The different kinds of cookies we made included chocolate chip, oatmeal with cherries and raisins, M&M, thumbprint, Vermont maple, orange drop and brownie mound. Of course, what Christmas cookie-baking adventure would be complete without cutout cookies? My mom would mix up the cookie dough for the Kris Kringle cutout cookies, and once the cute cookies were cut using old-time cookie cutters and baked........the real mess began - the frosting and the decorating steps. We had different-color frostings in small bowls, plus we had colored sugars, sprinkles and other fun colorful decorations. The table looked like a disaster, and our fingers.....and, I'm sure, our faces.....were covered with frosting while our tummies were full of yummy homemade cookie goodness. We were blessed to have these baking times. I can still see the kitchen table clearly in my mind, like it was just yesterday. Mom's collection of cookie cutters is now stored in a big old cardboard shoebox. I think these cookie cutters are just awesome. There are bright red plastic ones as well as old-fashioned metal ones. I believe some of them were my grandmother's. Growing up, I remember using these very cookie cutters and having so much fun. I loved to decorate the Christmas tree cookies with light green frosting and then shake on colorful decorations. I also enjoyed decorating the Santa Claus cutout cookies. Yes, there's nothing like baking cookies for the holidays. The best part of all, of course, is sampling the cookies.....but not forgetting to leave plenty of cookies for Santa Claus! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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