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Holiday 2 Palo Alto Weekly December 7, 2012
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A sweet way to get together Baking Norwegian Christmas cookies continues a family tradition By Carol Blitzer
rowing up in Berkeley, Karin Thorne always looked forward to the days leading up to Christmas when the family gathered to honor their Norwegian roots — and make cookies. Lots of cookies. “I remember coming home from school to a house that smelled like every kid’s dream of Christmas. My mother’s kitchen was Santa’s workshop. We sampled every batch, and frequently,” she wrote in an email to the Weekly.
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