For my family, it wouldn’t be the holidays without our annual Christmas cut-out cookie extravaganza. It started when I was 6 or 7 and I would get together with my ...

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Dad Nathan Hand holding daughter Mary Jo, cardboard cutouts of grandparents Paul Bell and Mary Hansen-Bell, mom Autumn Hansen holding daughter Hazel. Courtesy of Autumn Hansen Lockdown dashed any ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Christmas Cutouts on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, in St. Louis. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford [email protected] Christmas ...

Colorful hand-painted Christmas characters riding in a variety of Ford vehicles stand large and festive in the yard of Bob Larson on Chippewa Street in Brainerd.

The process behind the Christmas cutout cookies is multi-step. Then, after the cookies are baked and cooled, the frosters take over. "They are frosting for the next day," Wammes said.

In Fremont, Crystal Sherman keeps things running behind the counter. In December, the pastry shop is too is busy selling literally thousands of cutout cookies — 2,500-3,000 cookies between both ...