Leaving cookies for Santa?

mattyc772014
mattyc772014 Posts: 3,543 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Generally speaking, do you feel less or more likely to leave or not to leave cookies out for Santa on Xmas Eve while counting calories this holiday season? Does your calorie counting, macro adherence or preference for food influence your decision to leave cookies for Santa?
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  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    If I had kids and left cookies, I don't think my diet would influence leaving cookies out. Worst comes to Worst and you just throw them out when the kids go to bed.

    I don't think the way you eat should change your life that much that you'd skip leaving cookies out...
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    My son said he's leaving beef jerky and beer for Santa this year...

  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Santa will still get one cookie.

    The cookies that Santa leaves at our house have to disappear entirely (generally they are run down the disposal TBH because neither of us have felt like eating them in years past.) Our daughter notices details and I am certain that she would recognize cookies returned to the tin as the ones she set out for him and would ask why he put them back. I can imagine it now "I recognize the angle of the sprinkle on that cookie. What gives?"

    Our dogs will get to eat the carrots left out for the reindeer.
  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    My son said he's leaving beef jerky and beer for Santa this year...

    Looks like you will have a very merry Christmas Eve indeed..LOL
  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    For my kids, a single bite out of a cookie is sufficient evidence that Santa visited...and I would not likely bother to log one bite.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    No effect. This would be one of those instances where I would say your 'diet' needs to be viewed as and treated as a long-term lifestyle; not a strict, all or nothing, short-term thing.

    (though I...er I mean Santa...really likes the idea of leaving him a beer instead of cookies!)
  • Dreysander
    Dreysander Posts: 294 Member
    Last year my kids left store bought fruitcake out. Needless to say it went in the trash.
  • Therealobi1
    Therealobi1 Posts: 3,262 Member
    I thought it was a mince pie and carrot
  • mattyc772014
    mattyc772014 Posts: 3,543 Member
    @juggernaut1974 I think a nice stout beer would satisfy Santa with his cookies.

    @Dreysander Are you saying Santa skipped your house because of bad fruit cake?
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    mattyc772014 wrote: »
    @juggernaut1974 I think a nice stout beer would satisfy Santa with his cookies.

    @Dreysander Are you saying Santa skipped your house because of bad fruit cake?

    Good point...no need for one or the other

    Insert relevant #WhyNotBoth gif here
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    It's tradition and I refuse to break it.

    My eldest is set on cookies and Hot Chocolate because she doesn't want Santa to be cold.
  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
    Even though in our house, it is known that mom and dad are Santa, my kids will still be sprinkling reindeer food on the lawn (oatmeal and colored sugar) and leaving out cookies for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph :) I probably will eat them and leave crumbs, per usual. It's just a part of their childhood they want to keep.
  • RnS2015
    RnS2015 Posts: 30 Member
    I've always left cookies and milk for santa but I've never ate them. I would just break some of it off and throw the rest in the trash (hiding the evidence of course!).
    I'm not much on the beer and cookies idea but a nice glass of wine would suffice for sure! :D
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    It's tradition and I refuse to break it.

    My eldest is set on cookies and Hot Chocolate because she doesn't want Santa to be cold.

    Remember the carrot shavings on the deck or step. Reindeer eat quite a bit during the trip ;)

  • maroonmango211
    maroonmango211 Posts: 908 Member
    My daughter today told me that they (the 3 of them) wanted to leave out one of each kind of goodie we made for Santa. I thought to myself "Not the pecan snow balls, those are Mommy's favorite, Santa doesn't need one." Took a couple minutes to realize.....

    I definitely have my favorite holiday snacks planned into my eating over the next couple weeks, cookies included. If for some reason I didn't feel like eating them I would either save them for a day or two and give them to the kids or toss them, its only a couple cookies.

    I've learned that being that hard on myself around good food and the holidays leads to binging and feeling like crap.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    Just because you're on a diet doesn't mean everyone is. Yeah, Santa may be a little on the hefty side. And maybe he could stand to lose a pound or two. But who are you to judge someone else's journey. Maybe he's happy with his body. And maybe you could be a little more supportive of someone who has done nothing but bring cheer to billions.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    sjohnny wrote: »
    Just because you're on a diet doesn't mean everyone is. Yeah, Santa may be a little on the hefty side. And maybe he could stand to lose a pound or two. But who are you to judge someone else's journey. Maybe he's happy with his body. And maybe you could be a little more supportive of someone who has done nothing but bring cheer to billions.

    Santa deserves a cookie or two... or billion. Think of all the toys he has to lug around. That's some heavy lifting bro.
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    Santa can't have my cookies.
    Therealobi1 wrote: »
    I thought it was a mince pie and carrot
    Milk and cookies are the thing in the states. It is odd that the reindeer don't traditionally get anything.

  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    spacequiztime wrote: »
    Santa can't have my cookies.
    Therealobi1 wrote: »
    I thought it was a mince pie and carrot
    Milk and cookies are the thing in the states. It is odd that the reindeer don't traditionally get anything.

    We sometimes leave carrots for the reindeer.

    And Santa gets cookies at our house, because a cookie or two on Christmas eve is a drop in the bucket compared to what Santa will eat and drink the next day.
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    mattyc772014 wrote: »
    Generally speaking, do you feel less or more likely to leave or not to leave cookies out for Santa on Xmas Eve while counting calories this holiday season? Does your calorie counting, macro adherence or preference for food influence your decision to leave cookies for Santa?

    Why would it?
  • mattyc772014
    mattyc772014 Posts: 3,543 Member
    @LoraF83 Because we all have opinions and inquiring minds would like to know those opinions.
  • sarahredhaira
    sarahredhaira Posts: 79 Member
    Mince pie, brandy and a carrot for Rudolph . My children are too old to believe, but still left everything out last year, and Santa and Rudolph will be looking forward to the same this year. Christmas is magical, and even my cynical and grumpy teenage son will want to keep the tradition on Christmas Eve.
  • awholenewworld
    awholenewworld Posts: 61 Member
    My daughter will leave cookies for santa and my husband and I will eat them. I will log them and it will be fine. It's a special day and they fit in my macros so why not?
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    My Santa asked for Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Quest bars.
  • Dreysander
    Dreysander Posts: 294 Member
    mattyc772014 wrote: »
    @juggernaut1974 I think a nice stout beer would satisfy Santa with his cookies.

    @Dreysander Are you saying Santa skipped your house because of bad fruit cake?

    Hah no he "ate" it. Left some crumbs on the plate.
  • ki4eld
    ki4eld Posts: 1,213 Member
    My kids always left bourbon and crème brûlée pudding, because Santa can get tired of cookies.
  • motterotter
    motterotter Posts: 701 Member
    Santa is not real
    Calories from his cookies
    Are not real either

  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    motterotter wrote: »
    Santa is not real
    Calories from his cookies
    Are not real either

    So you're saying they're imaginary calories? I'd have them with some milk, but it sounds complex.
  • Char231023
    Char231023 Posts: 700 Member
    Actually I think Santa prefers a bottle of wine and cheese.
  • Blueseraphchaos
    Blueseraphchaos Posts: 843 Member
    If my kids left cookies, one of our cats would eat them. My kids are too old to believe and couldn't care less, so i just eat all the cookies i want when i want, lolololololol

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