{"id":894,"date":"2019-05-01T02:59:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T02:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/?p=894"},"modified":"2019-05-01T03:13:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T03:13:42","slug":"christmas-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/create\/christmas-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"894\" class=\"elementor elementor-894\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d232f80 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d232f80\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78f600d0\" data-id=\"78f600d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15561114 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15561114\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">History of leaving out cookies for Santa:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">There are many theories that suggest why we leave cookies out for Santa. The custom of leaving milk and cookies is an American pastime. Other countries have their own popular cookie traditions, which you can learn more about in the<a href=\"#book\"> recommended book<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Here are some popular theories that may have led to the custom:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">The Germans were known for hanging cookies, apples, and wafers on paradise trees since the late 1500s. \u00a0This custom eventually merged with Christmas, and trees are often times still hung with gingerbread men.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">In Norse mythology, the god Odin traveled with, Sleipner, a horse with eight legs. \u00a0Odin would leave presents at children\u2019s houses and Sleipner would enjoy the food they left out for him. \u00a0Children hoped that their generosity would convince Odin to bless them with gifts. Children continue to leave out carrots for Sleipner to this day in Denmark and the Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Lastly, leaving cookies out for Santa increased in popularity during the Great Depression as a way to instill gratefulness in children. \u00a0Children were taught to be thankful for the gifts they received since not all children would be as fortunate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">We don\u2019t know for sure the exact reason for leaving cookies out for Santa, but it is probably a combination of many things!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-566b531a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"566b531a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to do:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a67e2a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a67e2a6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-44b94d62\" data-id=\"44b94d62\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3468348d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3468348d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Supplies:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Brown paper plates<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Stickers, ribbon, decorating supplies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Glue, tape<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fd79f20\" data-id=\"2fd79f20\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24e48676 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24e48676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Decorate your Christmas cookies!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-169b7f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"169b7f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"book\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ccb6d29 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ccb6d29\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-304d49f0\" data-id=\"304d49f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2af456bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2af456bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A-World-of-Cookies-for-Santa.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-900\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A-World-of-Cookies-for-Santa.jpg 595w, https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A-World-of-Cookies-for-Santa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A-World-of-Cookies-for-Santa-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A-World-of-Cookies-for-Santa-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-712290a8\" data-id=\"712290a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-373c6427 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"373c6427\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Book Recommendation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7941a04f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7941a04f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>A World of Cookies for Santa by M.E. Furman was written for the author\u2019s son\u2019s 3<sup>rd<\/sup> grade class. \u00a0It included the cookies made in the countries of origin of the kids in the class, and it a wonderful overview of different cookie traditions around the world. \u00a0There is also a website based on the book that includes Christmas recipes and traditions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldofcookiesforsanta.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.worldofcookiesforsanta.com\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make and decorate your own Christmas 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