“Christmas cookies and happy hearts, this is how the holiday starts”

“Christmas cookies and happy hearts, this is how the holiday starts” is a Christmas saying of unknown authorship. The saying was published with other Craft Sayings in 2002.
 
“Trimming the tree with happy hearts, that’s the way the holiday starts” is a related holiday saying.
 
   
Craft Sayings
Christmas Senti-Mints
Compiled & many originals by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Collection © 1972 - 2002 by Shirley Thomas @ CraftSayings.com
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84. Christmas cookies and happy hearts… this is how the holiday starts.
   
Google Books
Say It With Style:
Perfect Quotes for Every Card-Making Occasion

Edited by Tanya Fox
Berne, IN: House of White Birches
2008
Pg. 34:
Christmas cookies and happy hearts,
That’s the way the holiday starts.
 
My Horse Forum
Christmas Card Sayings
Picture of Cody trying really hard to get a cookie “Christmas cookies and happy hearts, this is how Christmas starts.”
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Bratmare, Nov 4, 2009
 
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Rosie
‏@Rosiecosy
#FestiveFun “Christmas cookies and happy hearts, this is how the holiday starts.”
4:28 PM - 3 Dec 2009
 
11 December 2013, The Post-Crescent (Appleton, WI), “Take your pick,” pg. 1 (?):
“Christmas cookies and happy hearts, this is how the holiday starts” is a saying that rings true, even with our family here at The Post-Crescent.
   
From Grammie’s Kitchen
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
It’s Cookie Time!
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“Christmas cookies and happy hearts,
This is how the holiday starts!”
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Popcorn + Paint
12 Awesome Quotes for Christmas to Make You Smile
DECEMBER, 2016 BY: GERRY
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4   Start with Christmas Cookies Quote, by Unknown
Christmas cookies and happy hearts, this is how the holiday starts.
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Christmas cookies and happy hearts, this is how the holiday starts