[Iowa Granny]

No, my Grandma's Sour Cream Cookies were not filled. They were drop cookies. I may try using the Sour Cream Cookie recipe Mom has, and sour some buttermilk, using vinegar. Somehow I will find a way to make cookies that taste like I remember.

[daisyscarlett]

I am going to interrupt cookie talk for just a brief moment to post this very lovely picture. Without these ladie's husband and son, we might not be in the mood to bake any of these wonderful cookies.

As you can see in the caption, this is a replica of the WH tree set up in the Visitors Center.

First lady Laura Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush pose before a Christmas tree decorated like the one in the White House during a visit to the White House Visitors Center in Washington Sunday, Dec. 9, 2001. The exhibit at the visitors center gives tourists an idea what the executive mansion looks like during the holidays, as the White House is closed to tours this season for security reasons. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) - Dec 09 3:51 PM ET