Santa Writes Back...

We, like every other appreciative family around the world, leave Santa milk and cookies every Christmas Eve....

Most times Santa acknowledges the treats.


With a thankful note from him and the Reindeer.

1987: I like free Toll House cookies.....

1991: Prancer says you sure have some good cookies....

1995: Vixen likes your balls...(I think he had to mean the Russian tea cakes)

2001: Rudolf wants the cherry blinks...

Christmas Eve 2005, the kids insisted I leave Santa hot chocolate...not one of their better ideas:

Did you guys ever hear of cup warmers??? Sheesh..

In 2006, we forgot to put out the milk and cookies and Santa had to go looking for them himself.

Actually, I am pretty sure I put the cookies out, but I think the kids were trying to pull something over on Santa. Santa was not impressed:

WHAT THE F#$@ ????

No cookies?

Do you NOT want anything from me???

Didn't you like what I left last year???

Or maybe I am too fat for you???

Ooops...


The house was a total mess when we woke up.

Cookie jars were tossed.

There were boot prints everywhere.

And deer droppings in the pantry.

I kid you not.

But Santa found himself some cookies...

And took all he found...

There was not a cookie left in the house for us to nibble on.

No Thank You in that note...

And not much left under the tree ...

Don't mess with Santa.

That was the last time the kids tried to hide Santa's cookies.

This year I decided to try to make up for that year and all the others that we were skimpy on Santa's treats for whatever reason.

I left Santa a nice plate of mint brownies, peanut butter fudge cookies, 7-layer magic cookies, a few rumballs, a pot of hot coffee with some Bailey's Irish Cream, and a Mon Avie Energy drink.

I am not sure if he liked the treats or not...

His note was a little tough to read....