After spending hours in baking mode, prepping holiday cookies for shipping (if you’re sharing them with family and friends) or storing (if you’re hoarding them for yourself) might be an afterthought. However, we’d argue that ensuring your holiday cookies arrive at their destination safely and stay fresh is just as important as all the steps you took in making them.To help you make the most of holiday baking season, we tapped into the extensive cookie-making experience of the NYT Cooking team — who celebrate Cookie Week annually — and the folks in Wirecutter’s test kitchen to bring you helpful cookie-storage tips so your treasured creations stay as unblemished and pristine as a freshly baked batch, whether they’re enduring the woes of holiday travel or staying put at home.