For decades, American children have been leaving out cookies and milk for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, but few people know how and when the holiday tradition began. In a special Christmas ep… ...

Milk and cookies aren’t the only foods that are left for Santa, according to History, in the United Kingdom and Australia, sherry and mince pies are left out, in Sweden, rice porridge is left ...

How did families come to leave cookies and milk for Santa Claus on Christmas? A celebrity chef told Fox News Digital how the tradition got its start and why a chocolate chip cookie is the best.

Turns out the tradition of leaving cookies and milk for Santa hasn't left much of a trail of crumbs to trace through history. But it might start with the early cookies of 13th-century Europe.

Milk and cookies aren’t the only foods that are left for Santa, according to History. In the United Kingdom and Australia, sherry and mince pies are left out. In Sweden, rice porridge is left out.