Although we don’t bring the Yule tree indoors until Christmas Eve, baking and decorating the gingerbread cookies that will adorn its branches can be done days ahead.
PREPARING FOR THE TREE
You never know what we'll churn up in cleaning a stall
Jnana's Red Barn 
goodness, those are gorgeous.
And later, when the tree comes down, we hang them in the shrubs outside, where the squirrels find them very tasty.
Beautiful!