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Photographs by Melissa Hom and Jed Egan
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Astor Bake Shop
Assorted gingerbread people, $3.75 each.
12-23 Astoria Blvd., at 14th St., Astoria, Queens; 718-606-8439
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Dessert Club, ChikaLicious
Disgruntled gingerbread man, $6.95.
204 E. 10th St., nr. Second Ave.; 212-475-0929
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Cookie Road
Assorted iced sugar cookies, $2.50 to $5.
94 Franklin St., at Oak St., Greenpoint; 718-383-8094
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Dominique Ansel Bakery
Pistachio and peppermint mini meringues, $5.25 each; “Bearhug” ricotta cheese cookies, $3 each.
189 Spring St., nr. Thompson St.; 212-219-2773
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Eleni’s
Twas the Night Before Christmas iced sugar cookies (top), $135 for a box of 33; winter white snowflake iced sugar cookies (bottom), $115 for a box of 34.
Chelsea Market, 75 Ninth Ave., nr. 15th St.; 212-255-6804
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Heavenly Crumbs
Snowman gingerbread cookie, $8; Present gingerbread cookie, $8; Tree gingerbread cookie, $6.50.
355 Franklin Ave., nr. Lexington Ave., Bedford-Stuyvesant; 718-623-6271
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Ladybird Bakery
Assorted Christmas cookies in sugar or gingerbread, $1.85 to $4.50.
1112 Eighth Ave., nr. 11th St., Park Slope; 718-499-8108
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Momofuku Milk Bar
Peppermint cornflake cookies, $12 for a tin of six.
Holiday Market at Union Square, 14th St., at Broadway; 212-529-9262
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François Payard Bakery
Assorted cookies (top), $22 for approximately 40; assorted financiers (middle), $40 for 33; holiday macarons in chocolate, chestnut, gingerbread, and salted caramel (bottom), $36 for 12.
116 W. Houston St., nr. Sullivan St.; 212-995-0888
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Ruby et Violette
Giverny box, including creme de menthe, sweet potato, crème brûlée, rose, “darn good!!” assorted candy bar, and red velvet cookies, $44.50 for twelve.
212-582-6720; rubyetviolette.com
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Settepani Bakery
(Clockwise from top left) Small gingerbread snowflakes, $1.50 each; Large gingerbread Christmas trees, $2.50 each; Stars, $2 each; small sugar cookies, $16 per pound; Large santas and Christmas trees, $2 each.
602 Lorimer St., nr. Conselyea St., Williamsburg; 718-349-6524
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Veniero’s
(Clockwise from top left) Small strufuli, $9.50; quarzimali cookies, $17 per pound; assorted sugar cookies, $13.50 per pound.
342 E. 11th St., nr. First Ave.; 212-674-7070
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