has anyone ever held a christmas cookie exchange?
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If you invite 12 ( or how many you want) ladies to your exchange each ladie needs to bring 13 dozen 1 dozen for sampling. everyone leaves with a large assortment serve soft drink and hot tea & coffee to go with the samples.\n\nOn your invite make sure each lady remembers to bring a container to hold her goodies.
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I hope not - I sent mine in January.... Damn! I might bake Mrs Clause some special 'cookies' and convince her to talk him into going easy on me. Or maybe I'll just give them both a litre of duty free vodka and a weekend in the Carribean. That's gotta get me into the good books...
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My fave cute gift is a gift certificate for say In N Out or McDonalds or something and a sweet Christmas card. They come in $5 increments, so it would be cheap and something they would actually use.
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yes you can send cookies, etc...but you have to be careful with packing them if you want them to get there in one piece. i got my husband a subscription to SI which i send every time one comes in....if he or someone he knows has a gaming console, i would suggest games (if you dont mind spending a little bit of money an Ipod would be good too) .  dvd's, bath supplies (axe is my hubbies fav), shirts, socks, twin sheet sets, comforter, you can even order a microwave from walmart.com and they will ship it to him (if he doesnt already have one) other than that you can pretty much ship anything, other than alcohol, lol. i think its great that you are reaching out to a soldier the way you are. here is a recipe that i have, not cookies more like brownies....and they have always gotten there still moist ( i think it's because of the honey). i call em....\nIraqi Bars:\n2 1/2 c flour\n1 tsp salt\n1 tsp banking soda\n1 c margarine- room temp. (not low fat)\n1 c packed brown sugar\n1 c granulated sugar\n2 eggs\n1 Tbsp honey\n1 c M&Ms\n1 c chopped pecans\ncombine flour,salt,baking soda (set aside). combine butter & both sugars- cream well- add eggs,honey &vanilla- beat until mixed. stir in flour mixture, add M&Ms and pecans. put in greased 9x15 jellyroll pan and bake @350 for about 30 min or until golden brown. cut into bars (makes 24)\n\nim sure he would love pictures and letters from you as well! god bless you!
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I was not lucky to find excatally (SP) what you are looking for but I have found some halloween cookie cutters on a site, which I have included below. Hope that it helps.
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Do you want some cookies sweetie?\n\n\n*kisses*
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My niece met someone, married them and they just had their first child together.\n\nIt does happen, how often I can't say.  I'm on there and no such luck......
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YES.\n\nSEVERAL YEARS AGO, AT CHRISTMAS TIME, SOME FRIENDS AND I WENT TO THE STORE AND BOUGHT FOOD, HYGIENE PRODUCTS, AND OTHER NECESSITIES AND WENT TO THIS MAN'S HOUSE.  IT WAS PRACTICALLY FALLING DOWN.  HIW MOTHER WAS BED RIDDEN, AND HE WAS VERY POOR.  WE DELIVERED THE MERCHANDISE TO HIM, ALONG WITH SOME MONEY.  HE WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR THE GIFT.
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Yes, I've mailed perfume to NSW to a freind. Just make sure to list it on the Customs form. and check off "GIFT" on the form.\n\nChris
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The main thing I saw was that it was deemed inappropriate to accept gifts and favours from vendors. For example we weren't allowed to go on golfing trips or accept bottles of liquor/wine at holiday periods. \n\nIt was classed as if we were accepting a bribe for future orders. Ouch!\n\nEverything had to be declared. A bit of a pain really, but we all put everything in a raffle and ended up with something at the end anyway!
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u could always do the classic cookie shapes like with the raindeer n santa n stuff like that. but if u want to make cookies. my favorite is snickerdoodles, or chocolate chip, or maybe oatmeal raisin. i remember every christmas my grandma would make oatmeal raisin cookies and those were the best cookies in the world. well in my mind they were.
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tell everyone whos attending to bring 1 or 2 non exspensive gifts, and have them wrapped up.. and then play little games to compete for the little gifts. thats always lots of fun, cause you only the gifts that you provided.. its a mystery for everyone elses :)\n\nmaybe play twister.. and whoever wins the round gets a gift. or play other fun, time consuming games...... everyone will be interested :)
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My grandparents have been sending out homemade goodies as gifts for Christmas.  They make homemade donuts, gingerbread men, and fudge.  I love receiving that gift!  Yum, Yum!
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Yes, but the gifts can't have any real value.  You could bake cookies for example, but you couldn't give them money.
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My mom's birthday is Dec. 24th. She DID NOT allow us to combine the two- birthday wrap, etc. I have three other relatives within a week of Christmas, including one on the Big Day itself. Fortunately, in my opinion, NONE of them allow the days to be 'blended'- although cake and ice cream for a Christmas meal dessert is a bit unusual!\n\nIt can be a pain, but it is only fair... UNLESS the 1 gift is REALLY nice AND it 'feels' fair to him and his siblings!\n\nOthers do indeed do 'fake' birthdays at other times in the year, but this is not an easy thing to explain to a young child.
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Since I was a kid, we always did the same thing.  About a week before Christmas, we'd make a thermos of hot chocolate, load everyone up in the car, put on some Christmas tunes and go look at all the Christmas lights.  Sometimes we'd assign each family member an item (snowmen, santas, nativities) and see how many we could count.  This is a tradition I've carried on with my own kids, and they look forward to it every year!
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why wont you make the gifts like..........cholocate cover fruits or may be cookie......place them in a chirstmas box or bag