This kind of cookie use to be a family tradition, starting when I use to help my mother to when I made them by myself for the family. We didn't do fancy cakes or pies or candies, Christmas Cookies was our family thing. But than I got a job at a store in Michigan that is a Christmas store all year around and I worked in the eatery were we made Christmas cut out cookies all year around, spring, summer, fall, winter. I got burned out making them. Also my brother died and they was his favorite and kind of took the fun out of making them. I never had the problems of moving raw cut out dough from counter top to cookie sheet, or having them stick when they were frosted. I sometimes sprinkle the colored sugar on the raw cookie dough and I never do the egg white wash just straight onto the dough and they always stick. And I would make all different shapes and at home or work did different color frosting than. But I enjoyed reading this blog, brought back good memories and some nightmare ones....Christmas Cookies and Christmas music during the hottest part of a humid Michigan summer......LOL!! Oh, Kim - I can imagine, Christmas in Michigan in July... PHEW! I can see why you might get burned out on holiday cookies! But glad you enjoyed reliving old times here- PJH

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