1 c. butter
1 c. sugar
2 eggs, just add
2 tsp. vanilla
3 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda

Cream shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla well. Add flour, soda and salt; blend well. Color 2/3 of the dough red or green. Mold into 10 x 11 1/2 inch roll. Shape as a bell or Christmas ball. Roll out rest of dough on waxed paper into rectangle large enough to cover colored roll. Wrap around roll. Chill again. When ready to bake slice 1/8 inch thick. Place on cookie sheet 1/2 inch apart. Bake 350 F. 10 minutes. Yields 60 servings.

I fist made these cookies when Bob was about 8 or 9. He took them to school and all the kids loved them.