Seeing as this is my last Spotlight before Christmas (more on the Cookie Connection holiday schedule below), I'm just going to say this now in case I miss you on the 25th: MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE! May you have a truly wonderful and blessed holiday season with your treasured ones.
Speaking of treasures . . . this site has been full of them in the run-up to Christmas, and this week is no different. Tonight's hot list* boasts a magnificent 3-D nativity scene, classic candy canes and evergreens, a pony masquerading as a reindeer, flying gnomes, gnomes on Christmas trees, gnomes at night . . . the list of wonders goes on. But, let me stop reciting them, so you can see the magic for yourself! 
I love the bold, graphic, iconic Christmas look of our topmost-trending cookie photo, and so it has the double honor of being our cover image this week. Special congrats to @Cookies on Cambridge!
#1: Merry and Bright by Cookies on Cambridge
#2: Snow Globe Cookies by Gingerland [EDITOR'S NOTE: This all-time Christmas fave once again hits our hot list! I've lost count of how many times it has!]
#3: My Pony Believes It's a Reindeer by Dolce Flo
#4: Pastel Gnomes and Christmas Candies by Teri Pringle Wood [EDITOR'S NOTE: The first of three recognitions for Teri this week! @Teri Pringle Wood, I don't know how you keep up your tremendous pace!]
#5: Christmas Baubles by La Shay by Ferda Ozcan
#6: Aqua Blue by Teri Pringle Wood
#7: 'Tis the Season by Teri Pringle Wood
#8: Skrzaty Nocą (aka Gnomes at Night) by Teresa Pękul
#9: Christmas Characters by Tina at Sugar Wishes
#10: Nativity Scene by Elke Hoelzle
And that's a wrap! Congrats to all of our honorees!
Before I leave you, just a housekeeping note: I will be out of town next weekend, doing pre-Christmas in New York City with some old friends, so there will be no Spotlight on December 21. I'll resume them the following weekend, on December 28. In the meantime, have the happiest of holidays!
So that no one has an unfair advantage in making it onto a hot list, the algorithm is secret even to site administrators. Only our platform developers know the code, which has been exhaustively tested by those developers and Cookie Connection staff.
All photos shown here are the courtesy (and copyright) of the designers listed.
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