CHRISTMAS COOKIES!!

I come from a very huge family. My grandmother had ten children and three step children which means that I have a ton of cousins and second cousins who I am very close to. The  majority of my family lives right here in Cartersville, Georgia and the handful of others live in Michigan which is where all my aunts, uncles and my parents are from. I have about eighty family members who reside right here in Cartersville and we get together every weekend which is pretty awesome because I have a very close relationship with my aunts, uncles, cousins, and my cousins children and don’t be mistaken I am very close with my family in Michigan as well but I spend a lot more time with the ones right here in Cartersville. Anyway, my point is that I have a huge family and we find it important to stay close, share traditions, and make a ton of wonderful memories together.

Christmas is our biggest time of year! We spend almost every day of every weekend together celebrating the Christmas season. Everyone loves Christmas Cookies and there are still people out there who actually bake their Christmas cookies rather than buying them from the local grocery store or bakery. My family has a “Christmas Cookie Party” every year which my mom and grandmother started. We all get together and bake tons of cookies but our favorite is my great-grandmothers “cut-out cookies”. The adults are the ones who cut the cookies out and bake them and once they are all cooled off the kids get to decorate them. Decorating the cut-out cookies is the best part and the kids have a blast. They get to chose from almost every color of frosting and about thirty different sprinkles and candy pieces and they get to decorate tons of cookies however they want. Our Christmas Cookie Party is one of the best traditions we have and yes the kids do make a huge mess but the memories are amazing and we have a blast every year.

My grandmother passed away in October of 2009 and I can say that Christmas Cookie Parties have not been the same without her but this party is something all of the adults and children look forward to every year and I am so thankful that my grandmother started this tradition and that we can keep this tradition going. The Christmas Cookie Party has not only become a tradition but it gives new meaning to our Christmas Cookies because every time we eat one of the cookies that we decorated, we are reminded of the awesome time we had making those cookies. Traditions are special and they are wonderful memories that can be passed down generation after generation.