I made my first Christmas cut-outs this week. :-))))) It was very fun. And the best part is that I made them for Treat the Troops (http://www.treatthetroops.org/ ) and sent them on Thursday and Friday. Our church's goal was to send 100 boxes this month (5 dozen in each box) and we sent nearly 200 boxes!!!!! We figured out we made at least 10,200 cookies. That is so amazing that we could pull together for such an effort.
Since I knew these were going to Iraq I made royal icing. I was pleased with their outcome....although I know I need to practice more to perfect my Christmas cookies. I'm sure I'll get plenty of opportunties in the next few weeks. Hurray! I love this time of year.