National Cookie Exchange Day — 22 December

You’ll no doubt have plenty of gift giving opportunities and parties this holiday season. But on December 22, National Cookie Exchange Day, cookies get their day in the spotlight. And while sugar cookies and snickerdoodles may be wintertime favorites, you’ll find that today is a time for celebrating all cookies. Crispy or chewy? Face-sized, palm-sized, or bite-sized? Sprinkles or no? One of the best ways to break out of your cookie comfort zone is through cookie exchanges.

Cookies came to prominence in areas where sugar was abundant thousands of years ago, and cakes were an extreme delicacy. In order to test the cakes with the ingredients they had, it’s believed they made miniature versions as trial cakes. Fast forward a few millennia, and virtually every corner of their world has their own twist on this eternal treat.