Especially popular in the weeks leading up to Christmas are varieties like gingerbread, spritz cookies, cinnamon stars and vanilla crescents. Baking Christmas cookies has its roots in the Christian tradition of distributing bread to the congregation at the end of Mass. In Germany, baking cookies became popular starting in the 18th century.

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