Nancy Young wrote:

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


That's because chocolate chip cookies aren't sufficiently special.
They're the first cookie every kid learns to make, and they're what
people who don't particularly like cooking or baking bring to potlucks
(when they can't get away with bringing the paper plates). Also, have
you noticed that they taste good (the recipe from the Nestles' bag) even
if you get something wrong? I've had them come out so flat and
shapeless that I had to break them apart to call them cookies-- but they
were edible and tasty.


--Lia