I have so many memories of Christmas spent in upstate New York. We'd go every year as kids to visit my cousin, Soupbelly and her brother and spend Christmas as one big family, which is always more fun! One thing in particular that we both enjoyed were the cookies their neighbor would bring over every year on Christmas eve. They were an assortment of cookies from Spritz, to sugar cookies to classic Italian favorites... including anisette. I always loved the anisette the best, though my husband can't understand it. I guess anise is a bit of an acquired taste, and although I hate licorice candy, I can't get enough of these Anisette "S" Cookies!