Christmas Cookies

The December 1955 issue featured a personal essay by Louise Parker La Gorce, detailing her Christmas tradition of baking dozens of cookies with which to decorate the family's tree. Here, she uses hairpins to create whiskers on a cookie cat.

B. Anthony Stewart, Nat Geo Image Collection https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/2020/12/cookie-christmas-decoration-baking/