Cookies for Santa

[workmama]

I did this when I was little but I can't have children so it ends with me.

What? If you still believe in Santa, go ahead and put cookies out! I know I would. (I still do!) =)

[dwggs]

sorry to say ... Santa did not get cookies at my house ... ooops .. I ate them all.

[mrrangerrick]

The only "cookies" in my house are the ones on my computer. Get it? Get it?

[moon29]

we haven't started this trend yet my son just turned two right before Christmas so he is still a little young to understand yet but i suspect that we will be doing this next year, and i am looking forward to it.  Christmas is always more fun when you have little ones.

[davidh121]

I never heard about this practice when I was younger and my family never mentioned anything to me on doing something similar to this.  I likewise never did this for my daughter, but I did have her believe in Santa Claus and look forward to the holidays for Christmas stocking gifts.

[bunnypaws]

Santa didnt get anything,but me and my furkids did leave out Milkbones and carrots for the reindeer..hoping they like milkbones!

[cashrose]

I used to do this every year when my kids were little, along with a note to Santa from the kids about what they wanted for Christmas.  Now that my kids are grown, I don't do this anymore but I've still got the notes they left for Santa!

Over the years, I've made a collection of things that my children have written to Santa or made in school, or some of the crazier things they did (like when my son locked me out of the house when I was still in my nightgown and I had to call a Locksmith to get me back in, LOL!)!  I'm saving all of these things and when my kids have their first child, I'll be gifting these things to them, along with photos, baby clothes that I saved (like when I first brought them home from the hospital), their first pair of shoes, their hospital bracelets, some of their first toys, etc. so that they can see what "Tiny Terrors" they were and what they have to look forward to with their own child, hahahaha!!!  This stuff will surely put a smile on their faces, and maybe a little terror in their hearts, LOL!!!

That sounds like a great idea. It would be really nice to pull out the items when their child did a similar thing they did as a child

Wow. My kids still doing it. Every Christmas Eve I make donuts and I drink coffee. My kids know that Santa love home made donuts and also love to drink coffee. They always put those two combo on the table near our Christmas tree along with their wishes list and letter with it. I go to midnight mass every Christmas Eve and come back very early morning around 1-2am. Kids are already fall asleep. I wrap their presents for about 2 hours or so and eat the donut and drink the coffee the put up for Santa. I look at their list and if I did not get one of what they listed. I write back a letter say that its from Santa.