Gossip Girl Star Jessica Szohr Shares Her Holiday Traditions

Photo: SPOTTED: Jessica Szohr posing for a photo shoot on the streets of the Meatpacking District on Saturday, October 2 in NYC. She's sure had her fair share of time in front of the lens, so it's no surprise that J looked cool and confident as she strutted her stuff in a one-shoulder safety pin dress and sexy black lace tights.

You might love to hate her on Gossip Girl, but Jessica Szohr is nothing like her character Vanessa. While V is busy scheming to bring Serena and co. down, Jess is making cookies with her grandmother for the holidays. Adorbs!

"They're my favorite holiday cookies no matter what. They're yummy and they remnd me of my family," Jessica says of the Snickerdoodle-like confections, which are more to her than just a means of satisfying her sweet tooth.

"We all get together, all of my cousins, at my grandparent's house," says Jessica, flanked by her grandma in this new video for People. "Their house during the holidays — there's a Christmas tree in every room [...] It's just very festive. We all get together and we all have our own bowl of powdered sugar and we get to put the amount we want on our cookies." Sounds like the type of fun the whole family can enjoy (and the family dentist, too).