Merry Christmas, Carolyn. Will there be a Christmas Eve service in your celebration?  

As for the cookies, mothers never tell you this, but mostly those cookies are a way to keep excited children busy, especially children who like to make things as the Emigh children did.  Your parents knew how to keep you happy. :D They probably didn't enjoy the cookie making as much as they enjoyed you enjoying doing it.  Oh, and those are really cute cookies.