"Julia Altshuler" > wrote

> I was going to say that any cookie could be a Christmas cookie. As long
> as it is rich and special (butter, sugar, nuts, dried fruit, chocolate,
> jam, somewhere in the recipe), it works for Christmas. But then, I've
> never celebrated Christmas so what do I know. What if we phrased the
> question the other way and asked if there's any cookie or baked good
> that's NOT appropriate for Christmas?

There's something about chocolate chip cookies that doesn't say
Christmas to me.

> If you made hamentaschen (triangular shaped filled cookies traditionally
> made for Purim), and no one knew they were hamentaschen, couldn't they be
> brought to a Christmas celebration and wouldn't they fit right in?

Sure, and rugelagh (sp), lots of cookies say Christmas to me. To me
a good rule of thumb is lots of butter and maybe nuts. Oh, and I like
those pecan tassies? I have a cookie cookbook that has a section for
Christmas cookies and the other half is everyday cookies. The Christmas
section is heavy on butter cookies.

nancy