KidsHappen Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Ok, I couldn't vote because of course my answer was other. Genereally speaking it is just an ordinary everyday kind of cookie. You know, something you would bake any given time you felt like having coookies, like chocolate chip or peanut butter. However, if you only bake them at Christmas time then in your family they would be a Christmas cookie. Fudge is like that in our family. I genreally only make it at Christmas so in our family it is a holiday treat, same with divinity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 It's not what screams "Christmas cookie" to me, but I don't think it matters. I'm not a big cookie eater, but I like oatmeal raisin cookies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Rubbish, chocolate chips are repulsive. They smell bad and taste worse. Oh, you did NOT just say that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Oh, heck yes! I can't imagine no oatmeal raisin cookies on the cookie platter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Strawberry Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 A cookie, served and eaten at Christmas, is a Christmas Cookie. If you want to Christmasify it, add some red and green sprinkles and call it good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 People only make gingerbread around christmas nowadays? Since when? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 In our house, oatmeal cookies would not have been considered Christmas cookies....that is, until dh had a heart attack and cookies became a rare commodity. So when I make cookies, it's an occasion, and if he chose oatmeal at holiday time, yep, it would be a Christmas cookie. But honestly, dh would never pick that as a favorite, preferring chocolate chip or peanut butter. Nobody thinks those are holiday cookies, but since it's a huge treat for him, it's what he picks at Christmas. Oatmeal cookies seem kind of a sad indulgence for a Christmas cookie, now that I think of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 hmmm.... well I have pinwheel with crushed candy cane on the outside, ginger crinkles, homemade peppermint patty, soft sugar cookies in minecraft shapes (ya the kids helped with those ones), shortbread cookies, peanut butter cookies, or chocolate crinkles. Which ones should I eat in your honor? :001_tt2: Wait, Minecraft shapes? I want pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 White chocolate and craisin oatmeal cookies sound absolutely fantastic. I must now fit a grocery run into tomorrow's schedule. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I would argue that Oatmeal raisin cookies are not cookies at all, they are a different version of oatmeal breakfast bars MAYBE.....now, if you use chocolate chips instead of raisins, they may constitute some semblance of a cookie! Ok, settle an "argument." One of us says oatmeal raisin cookies are just..."ordinary" cookies, and do not qualify as Christmas cookies. One of us, who is wrong, says any cookie can be a Christmas cookie. What do you think? And, no "other" choice is offered, because I'm not talking about a suped-up cookie with extraordinary ingredients, just a plain, dull, ordinary, non-special oatmeal raisin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Wait, Minecraft shapes? I want pics! We'll be making another batch next week. Would you like me to just grab you some pictures of the cookie cutters? Or do you want to wait until next week and I'll just post a thread with the cookies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Definitely not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Of course they're not christmas cookies, but they can be breakfast for Christmas. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I absolutely love oatmeal cookies, so my vote is yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shukriyya Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I just asked ds and dh. Dh said, of course they are. When I asked why he said without missing a beat, 'because they've got raisins in them' :willy_nilly: :confused1: :driving:Ds is on the nay side and his answer is a little more logical...'they sell them at WFs all year long and they don't contain anything red, green or peppermint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 .....who gets stuck on technicalities when it comes to cookies!? Is that a rhetorical question? :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 No, no, no! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 No, no, no! Wait, what? You need to state your answer unequivocally. :D (Said the person who answered yes and no :lol:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 If your family looks forward to having oatmeal raisin cookies at Christmas and would be upset if you didn't make them one year, then they are Christmas cookies. My MIL makes baked mac and cheese for Thanksgiving dinner. She often makes it at other times throughout the year when we go to visit, or they come here, but I think it's expected at Thanksgiving. So that makes it a TG food. However, I wouldn't bring them to a cookie exchange. I'd bring something a little fancier. I wouldn't bring plain chocolate chip cookies to an exchange either. But if my family felt that oatmeal raisin or chocolate chip cookies were essential to the holiday experience, I'd make them for us and not quibble about it. I like oatmeal raisin cookies, fwiw. Then again, I'm equal opportunity when it comes to cookies. The only ones I really don't like are the Italian ones, wedding cookies, maybe they are called? They're just too heavy and take too long to chew. New thread coming. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I cannot get over someone bringing chips ahoy to a cookie exchange. I am horrified. Homemade oatmeal cookies or bars are ok in my book. But store-bought?! That is just messed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 Thank you for your responses--we had a good laugh. I've told y'all this before, but Dh's mom was a single mom for several years when dh and his then-5 sibs were in grade school and younger. She used her food stamps to buy basic cookie ingredients, and then would make thousands of cookies and sell them at Christmas time for $ for presents and really, for necessities (they were Salvation Army angel tree recipients, too). And she did make oatmeal raisin. We always have cookies and eggnog the night we decorate our Christmas tree. This year, dh bought dough as a convenience for me (a sweet gesture--no pun intended!), and brought home OR cookie dough. I enjoyed this lighthearted thread!! Whatever cookie floats your boat, go for it, and enjoy whatever you may celebrate this season, even just being together with those you love. <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocassie Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 While I think oatmeal cookies are an ordinary cookie, I also believe you can make any kind of cookie be a Christmas cookie. Yes, usually Christmas cookies are fancier, but I love me some tried and true favorites at Christmas too. We make "Christmas cookies" all year. We are just a cookie loving household. And I make the cranberry/white chocolate oatmeal cookies at least once a month so there would be nothing special about them at Christmas time. I agree with cookie exchanges. No store bought allowed, only good homemade ones. Although, I like a variety of fancy and all-time favorites. I, too, believe raisins should not be in baked goods. Ewww! Personally I love oatmeal toffee cookies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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