Finally, the 12th post of Christmas!  I meant to do it on January 6th, which is officially the 12th day of Christmas (Christmas Day being the first), but alas, I got busy.  Thanks to everyone who shared your precious stories.  I am excited to do more fun things like that in the year to come.

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One activity that I really look forward to every year is making Christmas sugar cookies from scratch.  First you make the dough, then you cut out your own shapes and bake them.  Once they’ve cooled, you make the icing and decorate them yourself…yum. 

My family and I have been using the same recipe ever since I was a little boy.  We still use the same stained index card out of the old recipe box we've always had.  Making and eating the cookies is certainly a lot of fun, but probably what I enjoy the most is the people who make the cookies with me. 

When I was little, it was always with my grandmother.  She is the one who first taught me the recipe and showed me how to do all the different steps.  As I was growing up, it was a tradition that my sister and I did every Christmas. In high school, when my sister was away, I would make them with my mom.  Now that I am married and away from my family, I really enjoy making them with my wife, Janie.  I hope to keep the tradition alive and to some day pass it on to my children, and hope they enjoy making and eating cookies as much as I did, but most of all I hope they find good company amongst family and friends.

My favorite Christmas song is What Child is This.

Kenzo (my husband)