My family goes totally insane with the Christmas cookies. Last year we made 134 dozen. My mother loathes shopping with a violent passion, you see, so when my brother and I got to an age where she might have to shop for presents from us to other people (I was about 5) she started in on the Christmas cookies instead, and it has grown from there. We make six different types, four of which require you to roll perfect identical balls of dough for each individual cookie. It is the one time of year that my brother is actually helpful. (It is definitely a family project). We ship them all over the country to friends and relatives. This year we're even sending some to Vancouver.