tn20 Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 When my oldest DS was 2, I asked him what kind of cookies he wanted to leave for Santa. He decided that Santa would really like the cookies that I had made for our neighbors, and he was right. Christmas morning there was a note from Santa saying that those were his very favorite cookies and he looked forward to eating them again next year. Ever since, at our house, Santa's favorite cookies are Raspberry Jam Thumbprints and Snickerdoodles. We get in and make them Christmas Eve morning (I make the ones for our neighbors, the boys help with the ones for Santa), then we package them up, deliver them to our neighbors with some homemade fudge, and put some aside for Santa, along with milk, egg nog, and veggies for the reindeer. Before we put the cookies out for Santa, we read the story "Are You Grumpy, Santa?" which is REALLY cute... Santa is having a really bad night and is grumpy, but when he gets to a house where there are cookies and milk left for him, his grumpies go away because someone did something nice for him. Do you have any traditions for leaving cookies for Santa?
kjunea Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 We have a special plate and mug just for Santa, the only time it is used all year! Santa seems to love M&M cookies and milk at our house best for some reason. My 6 year old has been stirring in M&M's into cookies since he was 18 months old!
tn20 Posted December 3, 2009 Author Posted December 3, 2009 Santa seems to love M&M cookies and milk at our house best for some reason.Isn't it strange how Santa likes different cookies better at different houses? :)
SuggaD Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 We make sugar cookies and milk or apple cider if we are out of milk. We have been doing this for 8 years now. I don't think DD really still believes in Santa, but its still so much fun to pretend that she does. :-)
tntsmomie Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 Here, Santa likes snowball cookies with mini-chocolate chips in them. He actually wrote DD6 a letter this year requesting those cookies! (and carrots/celery for the reindeer) We've already made a few batches so she can practice making them for Santa on Christmas Eve. They're VERY yummy!
doublehsmom Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 well at our house santa likes oreos..lol..but he doesn't always get them because the kids always want to leave out the ones that they made. I was just telling my kids this the other day...when I was little I had a letter from santa saying that he would like a beer instead of milk so we left him a beer and he drank it. My kids thought that was the funniest thing.
tn20 Posted December 3, 2009 Author Posted December 3, 2009 when I was little I had a letter from santa saying that he would like a beer instead of milk so we left him a beer and he drank it.ROFL! Hopefully your house was the only one he got a beer at... don't want Santa too tipsy while climbing on roofs!
Layher6 Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 Nope - Santa always gets a beer at our house too. Not sure how it started but it is now the tradition! Last year my 7 year was concerned that Santa was drinking and driving. We had to explain that he just rides in the sleigh, the reindeers do all the steering.
KBsDarling Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 we have a plate and mug that only santa use...2 years ago DD was concerned about too many cookies and wanted to leave Santa a plate of tums...so Santa now gets a cookie and a roll of tums here ...
AudreyNicole Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 We usually leave Santa Oreos. They are DS6 favorite cookie, and he is SURE that they are Santa's favorite too. I just found Candy Cane Oreos at WM (OMG they are SO SO SO good), and we will leave some for Santa, along with milk, and carrots for the reindeer. :)
allshoppedout Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 Reading this thread, I so want to run to Target (5 min. from my house) and get oreos & tam tams Over the years we have left Santa different types of cookies, but most often it is chocolate chips. He has his own special mug and plate (snowman is on both) Santa is very modest and might be "embarrassed" if his image was all over the plate & mug, like the National Inquirer
littlesdcen Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 No cookies at our house. He gets a bloomin onion from Outback and a Bud on ice in the ice bucket.Hope Santa shares with Mrs Clause this year.LOL
fluffkin79 Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 Whatever we bake. Usually it is peanut butter kiss cookies.
pinkshamrocks Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 We make sugar cookies shaped like snowmen or trees or whatever! Each kiddo decorates two cookies just for Santa and leaves them on a special Santa plate with milk in a special matching cup. They also put a bowl of shredded carrots down by the tree for the reindeer. One year, those silly reindeer accidentally carried in some leaves ... What a mess we had to clean up, but the kids loved it.
pogiporkchop Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 Isn't it strange how Santa likes different cookies better at different houses? :)Not really... got to have variety after all :) DS has told me he wants me to make my orange oatmeal cookies to leave out for Santa. I think I can manage that
tn20 Posted December 4, 2009 Author Posted December 4, 2009 DS has told me he wants me to make my orange oatmeal cookies to leave out for Santa. I think I can manage that Oh my gosh, those sound SOOO good!!! I love orange flavored things and I loves me my oatmeal cookies! I haven't eaten anything since 9 this morning and this thread was the wrong one to read right now. Now I'm wanting snowball cookies, candy cane oreos, sugar cookies, peanut butter kisses, a bloomin onion (even though I have no idea what this is!), and a nice, cold beer!
mgmckny Posted December 4, 2009 Posted December 4, 2009 Usually Santa gets whatever is baked although I hear that by the time he eats all those cookies, he really wants a burger, so I am lobbying for that this year...LOL
kdaven Posted December 4, 2009 Posted December 4, 2009 Our santa is lactose intolerate. The little one still hasn't made the connection that Santa and daddy both drink soy milk. Older ones think its so funny!
sgigi Posted December 4, 2009 Posted December 4, 2009 Well, at our house we put out whatever cookies we have made, carrots for the reindeer, and a cold beer. The beer came from my sister who started leaving it at her house and my kids insisted that they needed to leave one at our house. Also, Santa never gets to eat the cookies at our house because the dumb dog eats them before Santa gets a chance. We are going on four years straight no matter where we put them. She manages to leave part of the carrots with teeth marks at least! The kids think that the reindeer left them, but they do not know the dog ate the cookies. My Dh and I just laugh each year as the dog out smarts us all. Luckily, she hasn't gotten the beer yet!
goodiegirlie Posted December 4, 2009 Posted December 4, 2009 we always leave chocolate chip cookies and milk for santa and the kids sprinkle the reindeer food ( dried oats and glitter mixed) outside on the sidewalk..which I always go and brush off or poor water on after kids go to bed..its funny because if I used water and its still wet in the area they say the reindeer peed there
Illinoismom Posted December 4, 2009 Posted December 4, 2009 cut out sugar cookies and eggnog, these are the cookies they decorate
Suzy Crampton Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 We have always left cookies except the year my DD saw the commercial on tv that had the whole room full of presents because the little girl left CHEESE! You guessed it, we now leave cookies and cheese!
alleyc Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 lol at my house I thought Santa only drank beer w/cookies till I grew up. XD
tn20 Posted December 5, 2009 Author Posted December 5, 2009 This is so funny! In all my years I had no idea that Santa is apparently a functioning alcoholic! I, however, shudder to think what beer and cookies taste like together... I think we'll stick with milk! I might set out some hangover relief remedies for him, though....
mgmckny Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 lol at my house I thought Santa only drank beer w/cookies till I grew up. XDIn my house we always left the cookies and a glass as my father said the milk would spoil if left out (and this is Florida and not always a cool Christmas). He would usually swirl milk or eggnog in the bottom of the glass to make it look used. If the cookies were good he probably actually drank a glass of cold milk (he loved to dip cookies in cold milk...).
pogiporkchop Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 Oh my gosh, those sound SOOO good!!! I love orange flavored things and I loves me my oatmeal cookies! I haven't eaten anything since 9 this morning and this thread was the wrong one to read right now. Now I'm wanting snowball cookies, candy cane oreos, sugar cookies, peanut butter kisses, a bloomin onion (even though I have no idea what this is!), and a nice, cold beer!I'll be happy to send you the recipe if you'd like it :)
tn20 Posted December 5, 2009 Author Posted December 5, 2009 I'll be happy to send you the recipe if you'd like it :)Ooh, pretty, pretty please! And thank you VERY much! My boys are asking me to bake some cookies, so hopefully I'll have all the ingredients!
Hummin Bird Posted December 6, 2009 Posted December 6, 2009 we use to do cookies ALONG time ago, but we have a big family dinner on XMAS eve and once when the kids were setting out the cookies my aunt (a dentist) "Maybe we should make Santa a plate, because he needs real food instead of always getting cookies from every house which can make his teeth rot out" so thats what they did and Santa left them a wonderful letter about how happy he was to get such a hearty meal since he couldnt have dinner with Mrs Claus and the Elves. It freaked the kids out so now they always make him a plate of food (ham, mac and cheese, dressing, blackeyed peas or green beans and dinner roll) and a disposable toothbrush kit that has a cheapy toothbrush, travel size toothpaste, and travel sized mouthwash. Even though the plate of foods gets eaten, it still kind of perturbs me that she said something like that and took the joy right out of a tradition we had done since I was a kid. Im really quit sick of everyone and these PC things, cookies and candy are bad for teeth, dont say Merry Christmas, blah blah blah. Sorry for the rant.
alleyc Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 This is so funny! In all my years I had no idea that Santa is apparently a functioning alcoholic!I, however, shudder to think what beer and cookies taste like together... I think we'll stick with milk! I might set out some hangover relief remedies for him, though....lol Maybe an alka-seltzer
alleyc Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 we use to do cookies ALONG time ago, but we have a big family dinner on XMAS eve and once when the kids were setting out the cookies my aunt (a dentist) "Maybe we should make Santa a plate, because he needs real food instead of always getting cookies from every house which can make his teeth rot out" so thats what they did and Santa left them a wonderful letter about how happy he was to get such a hearty meal since he couldnt have dinner with Mrs Claus and the Elves. It freaked the kids out so now they always make him a plate of food (ham, mac and cheese, dressing, blackeyed peas or green beans and dinner roll) and a disposable toothbrush kit that has a cheapy toothbrush, travel size toothpaste, and travel sized mouthwash. Even though the plate of foods gets eaten, it still kind of perturbs me that she said something like that and took the joy right out of a tradition we had done since I was a kid. Im really quit sick of everyone and these PC things, cookies and candy are bad for teeth, dont say Merry Christmas, blah blah blah. Sorry for the rant.me too
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