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Christmas Cookies: Save Some for Santa
When I was growing up, it didn’t take much faith to believe in Santa. Up until the second I discovered he wasn’t real, I absolutely knew he was. One year, I saw physical proof; there were huge sooty boot prints on our den floor marking a path from the chimney to the Christmas tree and then back again on Christmas morning. The next Christmas Eve, I’d heard him stomping around on the roof, his reindeers’ bells jingling as he belted out his signature chortle. I’d even seen Rudolph’s glowing ruby red nose whiz past my window. I know now (and actually figured out not long after the Rudolph sighting), that it was all the work of my father. He convinced my mom to let him dirty her floors with fireplace
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BY JENNIFER KORNEGAY | PHOTOS BY MICHAEL CORNELISON
ashes. He climbed up on our roof. He put a red bulb in a small flashlight and scooted around the backyard. My dad’s dedication to keeping the magic of Santa alive for as long as possible was matched only by the amount of fun he had doing it. He went above and beyond his dad duties in these instances, but you don’t have to go nearly as far to keep the wonder in the “most wonderful time of the year.” Start by making some holiday cookies. A plateful of warm, sweet treats shared with family and friends is seasonally appropriate comfort food at its finest. And even if you don’t have kids in your house, go ahead and save a few to put out with a tall glass of milk for the big guy in red. Who knows? Better safe than sorry, right?
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