Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
The 2024 edition of the Cookie Walk is underway this weekend at St. Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church on Avenue A and 10th Street.
Yesterday kicked off the event, offering one spot in the East Village where lines and Santas were anything but annoying. (And don't be turned off by the line: It moves quickly.)
We saw Rev. Father William (Bennett) and longtime event organizer Kim Busel at the event...
This year's theme is "international cookies," with over 80 varieties. (The church's 100th anniversary is next year, and they hope to have 100 cookie types available.)
In addition to cookies, the event features a holiday gift market, a craft station for kids, a photo station with Santa and his elves, a cocoa bar with an array of toppings, and a gift wrap section for packaging your cookie boxes.
Here's a look around...
The Cookie Walk is back in action today, with posted hours of noon to 3 p.m. (you may want to get there closer to the start time).
You can follow the Cookie Walk on Instagram here.
2 comments:
Minimum is $25 for a tiny box, you follow a line and fill it with cookies. You can't see what's coming up and if you get out of line to look, you have to go back and start all over again. The cookies are small, so you can fit a variety in the box. Signs advising "no tasting" and "box must close completely." The good: All cookies are labeled and have list of ingredients. The bad: no peanut butter cookies, no gingerbread cookies (my two favorites.) In retrospect, I would have rather have just donated 25 bucks to them and skipped the cookie thing.
As an experience, especially for a family, it's a very nice holiday remembrance. You can grab a ton of photos, enjoy delicious cookies that you hand pick yourself, make some crafts, have some hot chocolate, get into some Xmas cheer. I usually never miss it. But this year I find myself in between jobs and spending nearly a buck a cookie was not in my budget. They should do some secret discounts for those who are struggling; after all, it's not like they have to lay out for taxes being a church and all.
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