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Holiday spirit hit me today, completely out of the blue.

One minute I’m complaining alongside the dental hygienist about how Christmas decorations appeared all over the city before Halloween, and the next thing I know I’m turning on the Pandora Christmas channel.

I never saw it coming.

I intended to make these cookies in boring square shapes, but amidst all the Christmas music somehow my cookie cutters emerged from their remote hiding place above the refrigerator, ready for use.

I showed some restraint and only went so far as snowflakes.  The truly offensively holiday-related shapes will just have to wait.

Ingredients
1 cup butter (or Earth Balance if you are going vegan)
½ cup sugar
1 tsp almond extract
¼ tsp salt
2 cups flour
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter & sugar.  Add extract.  Add salt & flour.  Chill dough.
Roll dough to 1/4 thick.  Cut out with shapes.  Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned.