A Snack for Santa
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189819)
Boise, Idaho
December 24, 2015 4:27pm CST
Do your kids make a plate of snacks for Santa and leave it for him? I never did and I never had my kids do it. I was looking for something to post and I found that there is a cute little book entitled "A Cookie For Santa" by Stephanie Shaw. It's about a special gingerbread boy cookie that is made for Santa for his nighttime snack. The story has to do with two rambunctious puppies and how the boy cookie saves the day. Pretty cute. But I also find that you can buy special Santa plate sets. I wonder how many people have a collection of Christmas things that include a Santa snack plate set?
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@TheHorse (238276)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Dec 15
@celticeagle There were only crumbs and an empty glass in the morning. That's how we knew Santa was real.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
24 Dec 15
When I was a child and when my son was a child we always left out cookies and milk.
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@celticeagle (189819)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Dec 15
I never did. So naughty of me not to think of the jolly guy.
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@celticeagle (189819)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Dec 15
@Marcyaz ...I don't think I ever believed in Santa. Don't remember a time that I did.
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Dec 15
A snack plate for Santa would be cute, but here he gets the plates we use! 
Usually we forget til last minute - and we have to throw it together. This year - in fact right next to me at the moment - there is a plate with one Hannukah sugar cookie on it [ em]lol[/em]
Usually we forget til last minute - and we have to throw it together. This year - in fact right next to me at the moment - there is a plate with one Hannukah sugar cookie on it [ em]lol[/em]2 people like this
@celticeagle (189819)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Dec 15
I can't believe that people would buy a plate set for one night a year.
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@celticeagle (189819)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Dec 15
@much2say ...That is true. And energy bar might be good too. LOL
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Dec 15
@celticeagle Well, I guess if Santa's elves are making those toys and Santa bothers to deliver them in winter all around the world in one night, then I guess he deserves to have special plates in honor of him
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@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
25 Dec 15
When my sister and I were kids, we put out a snack for Santa each year and we really thought that he ate it. (it was really my Dad who ate it), we were big on believing in Santa Claus and it really hurt my feelings when my Mom eventually told me he was not real.
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@celticeagle (189819)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Dec 15
@LeaPea2417 ....My grandparents and folks never told stories. It was always straight up from them.
@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
26 Dec 15
@celticeagle My sister and I had big imaginations.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
25 Dec 15
Oh no not me. Even when my daughter was small we never did this one. We were always in different places each year and it wasn't like having one place to celebrate year in and year out. So for us it was just a special time to be with new friends and share some good food and some gift too. Most of the time we did a lot of cooking for the neighbors and friends and this was the most fun of all.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
25 Dec 15
we did not put out milk and cookies as I was a depression kid people were out of work, food was scarce and not cheap., I l ved on a farm so we had plenty of food but we lived waste not, want not.use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without the 1930s
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@celticeagle (189819)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Dec 15
I never did. Sounds like those early ones were enjoyable.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
25 Dec 15
@celticeagle Yes they were. This year the mommy and I cooked all day and delivered different breads and pies to all her family and friends here on the island. I had a wonderful time today helping her in the kitchen. It was so much fun.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
24 Dec 15
@celticeagle He is a lazy and cruel person who is using poor reindeer as beasts of burden. There should be a law against it. I am tempted to report him to the World Wildlife Fund.
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@celticeagle (189819)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Dec 15
@Asylum .....I certainly hope you are trying to be a comic. Shame on you!
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@celticeagle (189819)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Dec 15
The reindeer do very little really. It is all done by magic. And Santa is supposed to be fat. He is a jolly old fellow.
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
24 Dec 15
We never deliberately set out snacks for Santa. When visiting at my grandparent's at Christmas we always checked to see which pies he had sampled when he came by. I swear we had at least one pie each for any holiday. I like book traditions for Christmas and other holidays.
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@celticeagle (189819)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Dec 15
I used to always read A Visit From St.Nicolas every Christmas Eve. Would love to copy down here. Love to have it around. It's so jolly.
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@celticeagle (189819)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Dec 15
And a special plate set wouldn't be in the cards either then.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
31 Dec 15
I once tried to lace the choc chip cookies left out for santa with raisins, as I knew dad HATED
those...and I got a note that santa was going to return my gifts and leave me coal if I ever tried that again.
those...and I got a note that santa was going to return my gifts and leave me coal if I ever tried that again.1 person likes this
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
25 Dec 15
No snack plates here but we always left cookies out for Santa - on plain plates..
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Dec 15
Me Me Me!! We always left a treat for Santa when I was a kid. Then, we left one when our kids were growing up. Now I have a Santa plate that I plan to pass on to one of our daughters!
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@celticeagle (189819)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Dec 15
A plate that is just for Santa? What a special tradition!
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 Dec 15
oh! we have not tried leaving some cookies or snacks for Santa. Maybe when he drops by, he is already full. Just kidding!
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@Blondie2222 (28610)
• United States
27 Dec 15
When I was grown up we would leave cookies and milk for santa. I don't think my nieces and nephew do this but than again I'm not sure.
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
28 Jan 16
I never left any cookies or milk for Santa when I was a kid. 
@celticeagle (189819)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Dec 15
Merry Christmas. I bet they didn't either. It is usually for the kids.
@jstory07 (148720)
• Roseburg, Oregon
25 Dec 15
My kids never left a snack for Santa they said that I would eat the cookies and milk would go sour.
@Traceyjayne (11265)
• United Kingdom
25 Dec 15
when I was a child I used to leave a mince pie and a glass of Brandy for Santa ....they were always gone by the morning.
