had a lovely evening out the other night… was invited for dinner and decorating with a young friend whose partner works away… we had a wonderful time decorating the tree and a few other spots in the living room, between snacks, dinner, and drinks… it is always fun to see what others have for decorations and learn traditions they follow…

tree once we were done…

it reminded me of all the years where the girls and I would prepare ornaments to hang on the tree, which we would then give to guests as they left our home… we made a wide variety of things over the years, often using cookie cutters and play dough, cinnamon and applesauce, or actual sugar cookies that we would recommend not be eaten… at some point I got kind of lazy and began hanging candy canes, which would then be offered to guests as they left…

I brought a few sugar cookies that I had made and she was commenting on how wonderful they tasted… I can’t even think how many I have made, not so much recently, but over the years while the girls were in school, every occasion meant that sugar cookies would be taken to their classrooms… and later for office functions or gatherings that I was attending…

Crystal was telling me she gets lots of compliments when she makes them as well…

the recipe was my Mom’s or maybe even my Grandma’s, I can’t remember… I’m not sure if it is the recipe, or the love that gets baked into them that makes them taste so delicious…