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French Butter Cream Cookies
A great buttery taste makes this the perfect cookie for snack time with a cup of your favorite holiday coffee. Quick, easy and delicious! This versatile alternative to sugar cookies can also be used as a base for other cookie varieties.
Holiday Fun Facts:
  • In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat made of straw.
  • Christmas caroling began as an old English custom called Wassailing--wishing neighbors a long and healthy life.
  • More than 50,000 people are expected to attend 28 holiday parties at the White House in December 2009.
  • The National Christmas Tree Association gives a Christmas tree to the President and first family every year.
  • Thomas Nast found inspiration for his painting of Santa Claus from Clement C. Moore's "The Night Before Christmas."
  • In the Kwanzaa ritual, seven candles called Mishumaa Saba are placed in a Kinara, or candleholder.
  • In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat made of straw.
  • The White House will have 780 feet of garland, 27 Christmas trees, 232 wreaths and 412 poinsettias.
  • St. Francis of Assisi introduced the singing of carols to holiday church services.
  • After "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens wrote one Christmas story each year, but none more successful.
Due to the number of varieties, cookies will vary by recipient. Please consult the recipes on this site for information on ingredients.