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Chocolate Filled Chocolate Chunk Cookies
A yummy cookie with a chocolate surprise in the center. Enjoy with a glass of cold milk.
Holiday Fun Facts:
  • The National Christmas Tree Association gives a Christmas tree to the President and first family every year.
  • The "Urn of Fate" is part of the Christmas Eve celebrations in many Italian households. It holds a wrapped present.
  • 92 volunteers from 24 states, as well as residence staff, spent 3,400 hours decorating the White House.
  • The world's first singing Christmas commercial aired on the radio on Christmas Eve, 1926 for Wheaties cereal.
  • In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat made of straw.
  • Alabama is the first state to give Christmas the status of holiday in 1836.
  • Mark Carr of New York started first Christmas tree retail lot in the United States, in 1851.
  • The first official White House card was issued in the year of 1953 by President Eisenhower.
  • "Jingle Bells" was first written for Thanksgiving but later became one of the most popular Christmas songs.
  • In the Ukraine, if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas morning, it is believed to be good luck!
Due to the number of varieties, cookies will vary by recipient. Please consult the recipes on this site for information on ingredients.