Holiday Desserts

What classic children’s cookie began as a holiday treat, with its package intentionally designed to hang on a Christmas tree?

Which monarch spawned the creation of gingerbread men by asking the royal bakers to make cookies in the shape of visiting dignitaries?

The consumption of what oft-maligned traditional Christmas treat was once restricted to special occasions because of its “sinfully rich” taste?

True or false: sugar plums contain actual fruit?

It wouldn’t be Hanukkah without which deep-fried dessert companions to the better-known latkes?

Down under, Christmas comes at the start of summer. Australians celebrate the warmth of the season with which lighter dessert?

Which holiday sweets allegedly originated in 1670, when a German choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral handed them out to children to keep them quiet during the service?