newbuzz...I want to make Spritz cookies for Christmas. I have a cookie press that I got many years ago. The problem is that the Christmas tree disc is missing from my set. It has been lost along the way and now I cannot make Spritz cookies for Christmas. I always make green trees, red wreaths, and white swirls. It is a tradition. I have the secret Swedish Spritz recipe from my great - grandma. They are better than the Norwegian kind. I have gone to many stores looking for a replacement cookie press. Alas, the old fashioned, MIRRO, aluminum cookie press with the twist top is not to be found in stores. They no longer make them. Now it is a vintage item that must be found in a second hand store. I have tried the new, plastic cookie press models; the cookie shooter, and the cookie gun. Neither one works as well as the old aluminum one that I have. The makers of these new cookie presses have obviously never made Spritz cookies. If they had, they would know that cookie bakers do not really mind the twist top. In fact, it works very well. The most important detail though, is that Spritz cookies are made with real butter and the dough is very sensitive to temperature. The aluminum press can be chilled or warmed depending on what is needed to press the dough into perfectly formed Christmas trees, wreaths, and swirls. New is not always improved. I like the old one better.