Cozy Christmas Cookies

Here is an array of lovely Christmas cookies given to me by my boyfriend's mother. There are four different types and she baked them all. The snowman on the right and the bell in the middle are almond cookies, the circular ones on the left and right are thumbprint cookies with jam in the middle, the sandwich cookies with the heart and star filled with jam in the middle are linzer cookies, or at least something similar, and the squares are chocolate two-layer squares with jam in the middle and a simple icing. I believe at least one of these cookies is a German type of cookie, and all of these cookies are definitely delicious. Coincidentally (or not) the ornament pictured with the plate of cookies was a gift from Germany. 
Anyway, plates of sweets, especially decorative cookies, around this time of year seem to be popular gifts, and one I certainly appreciate. Especially when the sweets are as tasty as these! :)