MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Do Kids In Other Countries Leave Cookies & Milk For Santa?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Do Kids In Other Countries Leave Cookies & Milk For Santa?

Most families that celebrate Christmas here in the US leave out cookies & milk for Santa & carrots for his reindeer. But is that a worldwide habit? What do other countries provide as snack food for Santa? Well actually, the big guy doesn’t spend his entire 24-hour present-delivery schedule eating only cookies & milk. Santa…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Santa Clause + Cookies & Milk = Weight Gain?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Santa Clause + Cookies & Milk = Weight Gain?

Each & every Christmas Eve, Santa Clause sets out across the world, delivering toys to good little girls & boys. And, along the way, his yuletide mission is fueled by everyone’s traditional offering of cookies & milk. With all those goodies at every single stop, just how much weight would St. Nick pack on? There’s…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Does Santa Give Lumps Of Coal To Bad Kids?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Does Santa Give Lumps Of Coal To Bad Kids?

Misbehaving children getting lumps of coal actually predates Santa as we know him now; the tradition is also associated with St. Nicholas, Sinterklaas, and La Befana. There doesn’t seem to be a single specific legend about any of those figures that might give us a definitive explanation as to why coal is doled out to…