Preparing For Santa
December 23, 2009 by Linette Gerlach
Filed under Fun Activities
According to Norad’s Santa Tracker, Santa will begin his trip around the world in just a few hours. Do you have any annual holiday Santa traditions at your house? Something you leave out, or do to prepare for the arrival of the man in red himself?
We have a couple things we do every year here at our house. We usually bake him some cookies. This year we baked him some gingerbread, and some white chocolate cranberry cookies. Yum!
We also usually leave some food outside for the reindeer. Every year we make reindeer food with some edible glitter or red and …read more
We Made Reindeer Food
December 20, 2008 by Linette Gerlach
Filed under Christmas for Kids
We made some reindeer food to put out for Santa’s reindeer this morning. Most recipes call for glitter, but we used some pretty colored sugar sprinkles we had, and mixed it with some rolled oats. I always worry about birds eating the glitter when we put it out, so I like to use something edible, but still sparkly.
I mixed up one tablespoon of sugar sprinkles (red and green) with one tablespoon of rolled oats. Then we sprinkle it in the yard on Christmas eve.
Do you put food out for Santa’s reindeer ?
Image (c) L Gerlach
