Here are some books for Christmas cookie bakers:

• “A Baker’s Field Guide to Christmas Cookies” by Dede Wilson (Harvard Common Press, $16.95); includes a recipe for the popular ribbon cookies.
• “Cookies! Good Housekeeping Favorite Recipes” by Good Housekeeping editors (Hearst Books, $24.95).
• “Christmas Cookies” by Jennifer Darling and Winifred Moranville, Better Homes and Gardens (Meredith Books, $19.95); also “Biggest Book of Cookies” by Better Homes and Gardens.
• “The Ultimate Chocolate Cookie Book” by Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough (William Morrow, $16.95).