Christmas Cookies - My favorite kind of gluttony

My friend and I are gluttons for punishment. Every year, we get together for a Christmas Cookie Baking Marathon. OK, so we are gluttons for cookies too. ;) We basically cook nonstop for about 12 hours and end up with roughly 10-15 kinds of cookies.

We've been doing this for several years. But the rewards of the filled trays as I give them to neighbors or take them to work, just seem worth it. How can you resist this sugary, spicey, chocolatey goodness???

Next year, I'll document the process and post some of the recipes.