I'm telling you, one of the smartest things I do each Christmas is bake cookies in November so that I'm not stressed in December. Our church has started a new discipleship program involving small "Grow Groups," and I realized that my group (our sweet leader and three of us gals) would be winding up our latest study on December 18. I told them that if they weren't already overcommitted—a challenge to almost every woman I know at Christmas—I would like to host them for tea and cookies. I can make tea at a moment's notice, and I knew I had cookies in the freezer, so I figured this would be a breeze, and it was. The girls came Wednesday, and we had the same sweets that my friend Beth and I enjoyed last Saturday.
The only difference was that this time, I also served some of the fabulous Peanut Butter Balls that Beth herself had given me as my Christmas gift a few weeks ago. I love her treats, and she makes them extra large and extra buttery, so I have to really like someone before I'll share some of my coveted Peanut Butter Balls. Naturally, everyone loved them! We also had my Spice Cookies (made them into sandwich cookies with pink-tinted cream cheese icing this time) and the No-Bake Chocolate Cookies, which seem to be reproducing in the freezer.
And the mini Chocolate Chip Pies always look pretty on a silver tray. We had Brigadoon Tea (everyone's favorite, which is unfortunate since they'll have to wait four years for it to be released from Adagio again!) and Peppermint Cocoa herbal tea.
I debated using different china, but these Salem China tea and toast sets are my current Christmas favorites, so I used them. So now all I have to do is finish up a little shopping (mostly gift cards) and I'll be done! Where do you stand, friends? Are you all ready for Christmas?
I am ready for Christmas, but moving soon after I am not ready for that. I sort of miss doing a tree this year, but it just couldn't happen. I did do about half the baking I usually do. Have a wonderful Christmas!
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