My all time favorite Christmas song is without a doubt Happy Christmas (War is Over) by the late great John Lennon. I know this song from way back, when television was still mostly black and white (at least at was at our house).

I first watched it as a kid. The song came out in the early seventies, so I must have been an early teenager when I first heard it. It made a big impression on me back then, and to this day it still manages to touch a nerve.

Because in all it’s corny simplicity this song says it all, by asking a simple question: what have you done for anybody this year. And to top it all off, it’s a great chant as well.

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Game instructions: It’s a few weeks before Christmas and Santa’s using some of his ‘down time’ to chill out on his snowboard.

Help him jump the snowy Christmas objects. Use the arrow keys. Jump with Space key.
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While shaping the cookies, keep the rest of the dough covered with plastic wrap so it won’t dry out. Preparation: 25 min. Cooking: About 8 min. per batch.

Makes about 4 dozen.

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 large egg
1 1/2 teaspoons peppermint extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon red food coloring paste
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