Stollen timeWhat is Christmas without fruit-filled, rich, buttery stollen? The traditional German Christmas yeast bread is available at Edelweiss Restaurant, 34 E. Ramona Ave., for $13, and at Wimberger’s Old World Bakery and Delicatessen, 2321 Bott Ave., for $12.95 or $9.95 for a small loaf.

Festive treatAn Old World pastry, Potica is made from a dough rolled so thin and wide that a newspaper can be read through it. It’s then layered with walnuts, butter, cream and vanilla, and is rolled into a spiral and baked to a crisp amber brown. It’s delicious plain, heated or unheated. Find it at The Little Market, 749 E. Willamette Ave., for $10.99.

Cookies as artFind an array of gourmet cookies in gift packages or party-ready platters at Sweet Celebrations, 818 Village Center Drive. Christine Yocum operates Art & Style Baking at the store. Visit artandstylebaking.com for a peek at the cookies. The cookies are freshly baked to order and hand painted. They’re made with simple ingredients — butter, eggs, sugar, flour — and no added preservatives. Flavors include traditional chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, butter toffee, cappuccino mint, cherry truffle, cran-blackberry and citrus mocha. Call 1-719-694-6332.

Old Colorado City promotionThe independent merchants in Old Colorado City have launched the 3/50 Project. Pick three of your favorite Old Colorado City stores and restaurants and spend $50 each month to save their local economy. Think about which three business you’d miss most if they were gone and make an effort to visit them and buy something to help them stay open.

Eat out to help outThe Mike Boyle Restaurant Show Christmas Party will be tonight at Indigo Joe’s, 6120 Barnes Road, 4 to 8 p.m. For $9.99 you can get either rib-eye steak, half rack of ribs, or chicken fettucine. The event is a toy drive for the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Bring a new unwrapped toy for a child. Call 302-0969 for reservations.

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