Hey, I got the new Hallmark book Peanuts Favorite Christmas Cookies, only to find out that I already had it… it’s a reprint of the book Peanuts Christmas Cookie Set, which was supposed to come out in 2013 but finally came out in 2014, as a paperback with three cookie cutters (a Snoopy head, a tree, and a mitten.) Even had the same cover image. For a minute, I cursed myself for not recognizing that I already had the book… but then I recalled that if I could remember every Peanuts book I owned, I wouldn’t have had to start my online book guide in the first place!

So in addition to the brief overview I did of the original book, I gotta comment on the title. It makes sense not. If it were Peanuts: Favorite Christmas Cookies, with title and subtitle, that would make sense. If it was Favorite Peanuts Christmas Cookies, then that would make sense, because Peanuts Christmas cookies could reasonably be considered a thing. If it were Peanuts’ Favorite Christmas Cookies, that would be wrong, because it would imply that “Peanuts” is the name of a character or group of characters, but it would make sense. But Peanuts Favorite Christmas Cookies is just word salad, and salad and cookies just don’t go together.

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