On The Fourth Day Of Christmas...

My true love gave to me...

Four calling birds!

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So, every year for Christmas, we try to keep it simple around here regarding extended family, as my mother, my sister and her family, my brother and his fiancee, and my other sister live all within a half an hour drive of me. For the past few years we have been doing a name drawing for the total of eight people. It works fairly well when people try and participate properly.

This year my brother and his fiancee managed to end up without jobs before the holidays, and while it was my brother who had drawn my name, his sweet lady was the one to get to work. She, with the help of her mother, made monster plates of cookies for everyone. While aforementioned little bro did contribute some recipes, and peanut brittle, she worked hard on sugar cookies, gingerbread men, chocolate chip cookies, brownies, chocolate wheat squares, and goodness knows what else. They individually wrapped each thing so it wouldn't dry out, and then piled them high on a large charger. I should have taken a picture before it was dismantled by the husband thing. Oh well.

The sugar cookies were these neat little soft lumps of sweetness. I bet they would go awesome dipped in chocolate and added with sprinkles. Would make for a really cool effect.