Food Theory: Your Christmas Cookies Are KILLING Santa!

[@Shala_Boi]

I like the thought that Santa may snack here and there, but instead uses some sort of Christmas magic to send all that food and drink to the north pole to reward the elves for a job well done.

[@darkcherry407]

I always thought that too. Letting the elves get boozed up and eat all the treats they want as thanks for such a job well done

[@walkersweet9403]

Oh, that is so sweet! I know what I'm telling my kids if they ask about it

[@arianabell9351]

Exactly what I was thinking!

[@luketoby7405]

Wait, that’s actually so sweet! I love that.

[@aaronwilder2775]

Either that or he's like Kirby and has a bottomless stomach haha

[@luna_rose7604]

I’m surprised MatPat missed the joke of listing off all of Santa’s deadly symptoms and then ending it with “and a partridge in a pear tree”

[@itsmefm]

Aw you're right lol Maybe next year

[@colelawry2024]

yeah he should have turned it into a twelve days of christmans

[@coolsonicsoul7356]

i don't get it

[@deadlykitten9599]

@@coolsonicsoul7356 12 days of christmas song joke

[@adomaw66]

lol yeah

[@ArchonKain]

Can we just talk about how one guy probably got hundreds of calls over the course of weeks because someone messed up the number on a flyer, and despite that he chose to do the best thing and play along with it instead of being salty or a jerk. What an absolute legend of a man right there.

[@haraoday3943]

Oh no, he was grumpy at first, but he quickly got some soldiers to take over the calls.

[@mediumjimmy]

Then I guess the soldiers were legends xD either way power to the people who made those kids smile 🥲

[@McGrewer]

People were just built different back then.

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

I agree, Haven Kain. That was the part that touched my heart the most because, as nice as I try to be, I would NOT handle that many wrong phone calls with grace and kindness like the General did. 🥰

[@DaysofKnight]

And that NORAD just went with it despite the initial flyer not having anything really to do with NORAD (From what I understand), and just built all of the NORAD Santa tracker thing around that mistake because why not? And that it is still a MILITARY organization, that spreads Christmas joy

[@everest5718]

As a kid I always left out carrots and water alongside cookies and milk, so the reindeer would have a snack too! My parents thought it was adorable and would put leaves and small twigs in the water bowl to show that the reindeer drank it ❤️💚❤️💚

[@Natp69]

Dude that's actually gonna make me cry 😅

[@MilkTheCarton]

My family left snacks out for the reindeer too! We left out apples

[@shadowchica2182]

We always had ‘reindeer food’ which was basically glitter we’d sprinkle on the snow in the front yard. Then we also set out carrots for the reindeer.

[@TheLaksel]

That’s so nice

[@itsnikkis]

My parents did that too! Really cool to see I'm not alone there 😊

[@TableTurnip]

When are we gonna watch matpat try eating a Christmas tree again like it's literally the highlight of my Christmas

[@communist_oranges]

I've been saying this all month!!

[@blankandwhite]

Aw fu--

[@LUVS2SPWGE247]

Fr we need more of that

[@Omegod1455]

I was literally just about to talk about how if MatPat didn’t bring up eating a Christmas Tree this episode I’m going to be disappointed, lmao.

[@mabathbricks]

Yes

[@VapingNurse]

A tradition I heard of that some used in Appalachia : Santa didn't eat the food left out. He took it to give to hungry children he visited along his journey. You didn't leave cookies unless that's all you could afford. Usually you left fruits or vegetables or things that traveled well.

[@Chaosmancer7]

That's a wonderful tradition

[@Imtrying_girl]

What do you mean used in Appalachia? You mean the Appalachian mountains? That’s a weird range to hear the tradition from seeing how it stretches from NY to Georgia? I’m from NC and have never heard that Santa gives his food to the needy?

[@VapingNurse]

@@Imtrying_girl I'm from Tennessee. Maybe it was just in a small area. I was just told it was Appalachian.

[@Imtrying_girl]

@@VapingNurse Interesting, never heard of it

[@Dekubud]

That's such a sweet idea and a good way to remind children the importance of sharing... And lets parents choose their evening snack!

[@msvsvi]

Hi, a Swede here! Never ever heard about anyone leaving coffee for santa. I can't find anything about it online in swedish, just a couple of english language sites. The traditional thing is to leave a plate of rice porridge with a pat of butter in it. Then again, that was for the old gnome type santa, who helped look after your farm/property. The modern santa visits on christmas eve and hands out the presents directly. So since everyone meets him there really is no need to leave anything for him nowadays.

Always feed your hus tomte, gotta be nice to him.

[@Shindoun]

Also a Swede here. I found it weird about that since I always thought that porridge was what we gave Santa, even if it's more traditionally for the house tomte to receive it. But as you said, he visits people personally here, and it makes me wonder if most households would have prepared porridge for hum in modern times.

[@zilesis1]

Latvian here and, same. while Piparkukas is a traditional holiday treat here, no one actually leaves it out for Santa

[@alphacupcake495]

Hello, other swede here. When i was a kid santa didn't visit us directly but we did put out rice porridge and glögg. But that isnt for santa but it is for the house gnome. And I have never heard of anyone putting out coffee in Sweden for santa...

[@pekaboopikachu_1643]

Also a Swede here! And yeah I gott so confused by this I even called my grandma to ask her and she have never heard of it before. She only knows about the rise porridge for the house gnome.

[@Battleshipguy20]

Santa just has to celebrate Christmas and hit the gym the rest of the year the cut is always insane

[@thenewbrazy9997]

Nah magic requires energy silly!! So he needs all the sugar for instant power

[@charlesbennett7484]

As a kid, I had assumed that Santa actually just took the milk and cookies home to eat later and feed his elves and his wife.

[@swissgoat4981]

That's adorable and I love that. If children ever ask me I'm stealing that idea

[@woodysfunnydoingsinternati6830]

I honestly bet that's what he does. He probably tests that they are safe to eat first of all. Then he and the rest of his workers and his wife eat the cookies and drink the milk

[@woodysfunnydoingsinternati6830]

For the record, I myself VERY strongly believe in Santa's existence

[@shannabug31]

Aww... how sweet lol

[@Sleepy_Quartz]

He would probably have about more than millions of plastic containers so that reindeer hairs don’t get into them

[@yesno6360]

Now we need to combine this with the grocery store episode and ask the question, Could Santa survive on snacks left out on Christmas day alone?

[@019e7sjll]

Considering he portioned it (you absolutely cannot have that much on only one night of the year. I forgot the name of the issue but he mentions it on that specific Mr Beast challenge Theory, if that helps.) It has too much sugar for him to be healthy, let alone fuel him to drive so far, if even once annually. Cookies, pineapple candy, beer, and #/theotherone is not a sustainable diet for his health and I reckon he'd lack many *many* vitamins. The ones prominent enough in the mandarins would have to do too much heavy lifting for their size and average quantity for it to work out for say, this long.

[@019e7sjll]

While not bad in moderation, the sugar, alone, outweighs the nutrition in most of these. It's like how if you have something with a little bit of alcohol in it, 1% maybe? If you have enough, sure it could take effect but that would be way too much of that product for your body to handle. The 1 gram of protein in cookie dough isn't **technically** nothing, but that doesn't mean it's a good source of [protein].

[@alex.g7317]

With the shear amount on things left for him, I think so

[@minecrash101]

@@019e7sjll You're making a good point, but that just turns into a different question. How long could santa survive based on these foods?

[@Pomni3477]

I like this

[@cristinagomez3283]

Imagine if Santa doesn't actually eat any of the milk and cookies, but instead saves them for the elves as a reward for their hard work and dedication.

[@abiutheartist]

If we want him still alive then yea

[@chesnex]

That does make sense

[@Marshmellow_Cat]

That makes sense...I mean what is their reward after all?😅

[@chasethemaster3440]

@@Marshmellow_Cat the coal mines

[@Marshmellow_Cat]

I won't like being paid in coal @@chasethemaster3440

[@dilarascediting6565]

In Sweden we don’t actually give Santa coffee ☕️ we actually give him a glass of milk and gingerbread cookies

[@rosealicia1782]

Can we talk about how a wrong number from a Sears campaign to a US Air Force Colonel, led to the most wholesome tradition of tracking Santa's whereabouts every Christmas Eve. This dude was awesome for playing along and making so many kids happy. :3

[@Paint3dRos3]

I was intrigued by that part too. Very kind. ❤

[@dante_0962]

Don’t forget about some of the soldiers helping as well.

[@bautispidey8864]

Oliver: Hey dad, are we gonna give Santa cookies? My friends do, is that the normal thing? Mat: *explains for 15 minutes straight*

[@Narra0002]

Bet 😂

[@cheese390]

@uncut vid come on man that's not mat pat that's nature pat

[@catherinebaldwin6580]

Literally asked this exact question to my own dad. His answer was simpler. “Santa will have plenty tonight. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind.”

[@bautispidey8864]

@@catherinebaldwin6580 lol

[@beetleb0nes]

interestingly, once my parents tried to convince me to leave out a glass of Bailey's (an alcoholic irish cream drink, in case its not a worldwide thing) and I was absolutely HORRIFIED. I apparently spent a good while explaining to my parents that you absolutely cannot drink and drive, and that DEFINITELY counts for sleighs too!

[@xutzii9370]

This happened with my mum and I too.

[@NoviceVideoGamer]

If you were a kid, good on you for understanding that basic driving rule, and bad on your parents for letting you learn about what that kind of drinking is.

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

We used to put out a couple of mince pies (homemade) and a glass of sherry

[@Weird_Axolotl]

Santa need that drink to get through the night

[@fuzzysstuff9888]

Smart child

[@marvinterrado2208]

Whoever voiced Santa in that opening segment did a real good job of doing it

[@zacg8975]

And MatPat's mom too

[@BlessedArtzNZ]

As a Kiwi here, (from New Zealand) I can’t tell in this video, but we leave out ‘Pineapple Lumps.’ Not lumps of pineapple. We leave a candy called ‘pineapple lumps’ they are chocolate covered squares of a hard chewy pineapple flavoured candy. The way matpat used pineapple images and refers them as ‘lumps of pineapple’ I think that may be a little bit of a mistake. But still a great video lol (Also my family personally never leave out beer for Santa. My younger self thought he’d get hurt if he drove ‘drunk’ lol)

[@commandercorl1544]

Oh goodness, that's a very important factor.

[@natalia-grace9314]

Oh! That makes way more sense, lol! I'm from NZ too, and when he said that I was like, "Um.... What now?!" I have never heard of leaving pineapple lumps and beer out for Santa, but it does sound like a Kiwi thing to do, lol.

[@ASOwnerYT]

I'm from NZ and was so confused when Matpat said pineapple lumps and beer. The pineapple lumps part makes sense (the candy like you said), but beer???? My family usually didn't leave anything out for santa, so I'm surprised to hear about this tradition some whanau do.

[@jonathanberry1111]

Seconded, note that the video says "Pineapple chunks" and there are off-brand versions of Pineapple Lumps called "Pineapple Chunks". Pineapples aren't so big in NZ that we'd be leaving them for Santa, but the sweets are pretty popular.

[@issie1344]

Yeah, I’m from NZ and my family left out beer and biscuits, no pineapple lumps at all 😭

[@emmasilver2332]

We normally left milk and cookies, but I remember one year we left out a couple slices of homemade whole wheat bread with honey butter and a mug of apple cider. Not only did Santa eat all of the bread and drink the apple cider, but he also washed the dishes and put them in a neat stack by the dish rack with a note that said: "Mrs. Claus and I enjoyed your bread and cider. The next letter you write to me, please send me the recipe so we can make it for the elves. Thank you, and Merry Christmas. Sincerely, Saint Nick"

[@carameldansen2274]

That's so wholesome 😭

[@ChozoSR388]

That's amazing!

[@s4turn_st4rz_yt]

Awh :)

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

Emma, that warmed my Grinch heart. Thank you!!!!! 🤗🥰🤗

[@Dendro_cat]

Lmao that's awesome

[@Grendallmayo]

one thing i have against these measurements is the trope of Santa only eating half a cookie and enough of the drink to leave evidence of his presence, not the whole glass and entire tray of cookies. besides that, admire the dedication!

[@conradchester]

Matt Patt also majorly underestimated the number of houses that expect things for Santa, and what's left out. He only counted Christian homes, when he stated that 94% or something like that celebrates Christmas. So you could almost double the number of food left out. Matt went for a gross underestimation, and even so that's godly too much

[@Dont14-r4k]

@@conradchester or he just used the best information he could find, as not every country has the same rate. Still, more or less, Santa is dead.

[@nonexistant8557]

Just split the final number in half and there's your answer

[@xixi319]

@@Dont14-r4k the Saint Nick in irl is dead and not the 🎅

[@Dont14-r4k]

@@xixi319 probs from eating all them pints of alcohol

[@cardboardtoaster2169]

I'd like to imagine Santa just has a sack to hold all of his food so he could survive in the North for 11 months

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

I always liked Garfield's offering the most: "You don't give a grown man working all night milk and cookies! I'm leaving him a T-bone steak and a pot of coffee!"

[@herronariela7469]

exactly, give him some tacos

[@Dancingmasking]

i see

[@WilliamWinsItAll]

3:48 google Santa tracker

[@wheresmymuffins]

Garfield is Ron Swanson confirmed

[@geekfreak2000]

I will gladly set out some tuna casserole and a beer

[@1Jamesinator]

New Zealand fan here. I think there might have been a translation issue for us. We don't leave pineapple chunks. It's the candy pineapple lumps. Which are closer to a dense pineapple flavoured marshmallow/taffy esque centre coated in chocolate. Fruit is rare if done at all.

[@Jakzbabble]

That hurt me so much when he kept talking about pineapple.

[@sniper7303]

ah yes we leave santa a "pint" of beer and a full pineapple

[@ciaranjohnston7983]

@@Jakzbabble I felt so much physical pain as a Kiwi watching this episode. Also some Kiwis leave out cookies and milk as well. All the families I knew growing up would put out cookies and milk

[@guilhermefaleiros4892]

Why would someone eat pineapple candy with BEER. Taste confusion over 9000

[@glenjennett]

That sounds like something I want to try.

[@lunareclipse0823]

Y'know, there's a movie called Arthur Christmas that shows that Santa isn't actually eating the cookies and milk or any of the other worldly goodies, but is converting them to biofuel to power his ship. It's very interesting, and seeing you calculate the calorie count made me think--could that method actually power a vehicle for a whole night? Just a thought of mine.

[@L._Titus]

That could be a Film Theory crossover episode.

[@Scoped_Aqua]

Yeah matpat he’s fine because he eats nothing

[@lachiethelime3599]

Arthur Christmas is a very detailed movie and how the elves deliver presents is also very interesting, creative and is my favorite Christmas movie.

[@behindcomputerissac956]

maybe he's also feeding it to his elfs powering sleigh is a good idea

[@MovieFan1912]

That could be an interesting theory, maybe he should save that one for another Christmas. It would be great to have some attention brought to a lesser known Aardman film like that.

[@avacornthelastponybender8583]

MatPat: "Santas' calorie intake is way higher than any man could survive" Santa: "Ho ho ho, bold of you to assume I'm human"

[@MomokoTuHarumaki]

My partner's family puts out chips and queso for Santa. They figured he would need something other than cookies to fuel his flight. I might send him this video just to see his reaction.

[@herisuryadi6885]

Huh A majority of the replies currently is bots

[@All_Your_Fandom_Needs]

Bro what'd you do to get this many bots?

[@doggycatalan]

God look at all those bots..

[@therobotengineer9834]

Tell me what they say!

[@officialbozo]

Jesus christ the bots are plentiful

[@samzzyb4234]

New Zealander here, I've never heard of people leaving pineapple out for Santa, but we have lollies called pineapple lumps which is a sweet pineapple flavored center covered in chocolate. Pineapple lumps are definitely popular to leave out so I'd assume it was them rather than actual pineapple

[@ladypangaea4801]

I was so confused when MatPat mentioned Pineapple and beer too! My family's never done that and I've never heard of anyone else doing that; so where they got the idea from, your guess is as good as mine. But I do like the fact that NZ is the first country on Santa's visit list. ☺

[@joelpedder6677]

I'm from England and we leave out milk and carrots not what ever alcohol he said

[@sloththehook]

We’d leave beer and I think a fruit mince pie, plus carrots for the reindeer. No idea where the pineapple idea came from, I’m also guessing it’s to do with pineapple lumps (the lolly). Also way more then 500,000 households.

[@HeyItsMad]

@@joelpedder6677 I'm from England, we leave out sherry and Mince pies for santa and a carrot for rudolph

[@montgom71]

I'm an Australian and I've never heard of beer being left out for Santa either

[@whome4642]

There’s a reason Santa only does that once a year. It takes a whole year to recover. Then he does it all over again. What a boss!

[@jxjewel]

😂😂

[@Shah_dat]

how do you know he doesn't actually die and gets replaced every year or even multiple times throughout his journey?

[@swampdonkey1567]

@@Shah_dat when I was a kid I was always told mall santas were Santa helpers. Looking back I realize they are part of a cult or something

[@Shah_dat]

@@swampdonkey1567 The dark secret must not get out!

[@elicook8014]

I love when KZbinrs talk about New Zealand, I live there and it's nice to know that people remember we exist ❤

[@benifitlesben5016]

Im a New Zealander, and I'd say like 80% - 85% of us celebrate Christmas. On top of that, we don't leave out pineapple chunks, we leave our Pineapple Lumps - a lolly (or candy) here in NZ by Pascall. Also, we find that santa tends to only have a sip of beer and a couple pineapple lumps, or a bite of the cookie. This probably doesn't help, but that's what I have to bring to this video!

[@freakwithafaceYO]

I laughed out loud at the "pineapple chunks" 😂

[@AholeAtheist]

I don't think I've heard of anyone leaving out pineapple lumps. Always been beer and biscuits. Or milk and biscuits. It's surprising to see someone agreeing this is a thing.

[@benifitlesben5016]

@@AholeAtheist yeah we leave out milk and cookies or beer and cookies but I have heard some of my friends doing that

[@diem-jr9dz]

Yep, we’ve left out pineapple lumps, milk and cookies (but not beer - he has to drive!) ... and also carrots/food for the reindeer too!

[@BoyInTheCloudz]

As a New Zealander myself, I can confirm that we do either leave pineapple lumps, cookies, milk or beer. Though personally for my family we leave milk, cookies and a carrot (for some reason?)

[@athaliciouswalton2430]

Me and my sister watched this together and when MatPat said Santa was around 5ft7 she yelled with the most excitement I’ve seen this holiday season “IM THE SAME HIGHT AS SANTA!” Everyone take notes, that is REAL holiday cheer.

[@ultrajam6332]

How old is your sister? I’m his height too.(not asking for a friend btw)

[@LotusLaqq]

same

[@Akmarizam]

@@ultrajam6332 around 5ft7..? The answer is right there

[@Emouse2is]

@@Akmarizam he was asking for the age, not the height

[@athaliciouswalton2430]

@@ultrajam6332 she’s around 13

[@TaylorSaysHi]

“Let’s just tally up all the different ways we know for sure that Santa is dead” WHAT A SENTENCE.

[@crowgeddon8770]

100th like

[@Hoodie-Ghost]

Little Timmy isn't gonna have a good time after hearing that sentence.

[@desaug]

the context: nah im done, this is too much to validate

[@AloLibano]

Fun fact: Here, in Chile, we don't go to sleep in Christmas eve to wait for the presents, what we do is this: 1. Leave the food for Santa (Pan de pascua, cookies, etc.) 2. We GO OUT TO TOUCH SOME GRASS and look for Santa outside 3. After that, we go back home, and open the presents Bonus: Also, we call Santa as Viejito Pascuero, and Christmas Pascua, so Viejito Pascuero is something like Christmas old man. So yeah, technically, the Pan De Pascua is a Christmas bread.

[@ceciliesrensen7709]

this is why I love this channel. No one really needed an answer to this question, but we got it in an intertaining way, and learned something about xmas around the world. Merry xmas MatPat and co.

[@princedest1ny]

I like to think that since he essentially has an infinite storage in his sleigh he takes all the food home and shares it between him and his elves over the remainder of the year. how does he store all that? Magic.

[@animegx45]

I mean, he already has magic bag of holding for all of the gifts, so that makes sense.

[@ohshift336]

It's all portals man.

[@JuMiKu]

​@@animegx45 Exactly. Also, he is clearly a level 20 cleric, as he can entreat his deity to change the way time works, so he can easily cast "Purify Food and Drink".

[@blankslate-ment]

He and his elves consume that and only that throughout the whole year Christmas eve comes back and he's already drunk do the elves work through their Hangovers?

[@Mickelraven]

Keep in mind, that not all countries open their Christmas presents on the morning of December 25th. Some countries (like Finland) open their presents during the afternoon/evening of December 24th. Which is why in Santa lore, I have always believed that Santa visits the countries the open their presents on December 24th first, and then visits the rest that open on December 25th.

[@BlueSodaPop_]

Oh, Finland does that too? I'm from Germany and it's normal here to exchange gifts on the evening of 24th after Christmas dinner lol

[@HenshinFanatic]

@@BlueSodaPop_ So does Poland.

[@Mickelraven]

@@BlueSodaPop_ Apparently so. I also didn't know Germany did the very same as Finland. Where it's normal to exchange gifts happens after Christmas dinner. I thought Finland was a rare country that does this, and almost every other country opens on the morning of 25th. 🇫🇮❤🇩🇪

[@Mickelraven]

@@HenshinFanatic I'm starting to assume a lot of European countries open gifts after Christmas dinner on 24th. EDIT: After looking at Wikipedia, I was right. Pretty much almost every country in Europe open their gifts on the evening of December 24th. As well as some Latin American countries.

[@bluemoonhub]

@@Mickelraven I can certainly tell you that they do this in Norway and Iceland

[@BeepertheInquizitive]

9:01 no wonder why Santa gave us our gifts in early December💀💀💀☠️

[@BeepertheInquizitive]

For me

[@wolfiemuse]

So the thing is, in most homes I’ve ever been around during Christmas, “Santa” never eats all of what’s laid out. He takes a sip of the milk and a bite of the cookies to show he was there. But even then, I think all the results would be the same.

[@Ked7]

So divide it by ten. Not that big of a change

[@ibbyplayz9076]

In my house, the cookies and milk definitely get eaten

[@stanleywhite4404]

I was thinking the same thing😂

[@mushymush6902]

I love that Mat maintained throughout the whole video that Santa is, in fact, real. He knows little kids watch, and doesn't wanna give them any misinformation!

[@artthuritis]

i love how the comment right under yours is “let’s just tally up all the ways santa is dead”

[@sunny-sq6ci]

saint Nicholas was a real person he became the catholic patron saint of charity and children, specifically, those who are improvished

[@deemcgann1695]

@@sunny-sq6ci yes but the red suited santa claus is 100% fiction

[@Iliadic]

​@@deemcgann1695nonono Santa is a warrior giving out good presents to all the little kids who fight battles.

[@MatchaGrounds]

Whaddya mean misinformation? He IS real. Dingus

[@jynxcloudy6969]

As someone in the UK, I've not once heard of anyone leaving alcohol out for Santa. Everyone I've known has either left juice or milk for Santa. Mayhaps too a carrot for Rudolph. And not only that but it was a mix of both mince pies and biscuits (cookies to you lot in the states) out too for Santa.

[@DogsandPennies]

My family has always left out whisky. And everyone around me has done some kind of alcohol. So I think it's just your friends.

[@finlaywatson1168]

Same I would leave a mince pie and milk for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph when I was a kid

[@jynxcloudy6969]

@@DogsandPennies that, or just the Finchley areas of London I grew up in.

[@DogsandPennies]

@@jynxcloudy6969 yeah lol

[@thenerd9013]

We always left out a few mince pies and a couple of cans of beer, as well as carrots.

[@amarimars]

i think its hilarious that matt did the math for the lethality of santa's caffiene intake but didnt feel the need to talk about the lethality of the alcohol lol

[@michaelnelson1127]

I just realized something in regards to the video. Does anyone remember Markiplier’s Santa impression (particularly in Happy Wheels) where he makes him out to be a crazy drunkard? Well, judging by all the alcohol calculated in this video, I think it’s safe to say that Mark’s impression was more accurate than expected, minus all the murders.

[@tiahere8499]

well considering that ol' saint nick is probably gonna be drunk flying, i dont think we can rule out the murders yet

[@SlinkySmith59]

lol@@tiahere8499

[@rosebrown6381]

Drunk Santa may be a bit more murdery than expected. After all Krampus is a tradition too... It had to start from somewhere - and I just bet that hangover is killer.

[@theshatteredgod4]

This kind of gives me my own theory Instead of eating and drinking it all immediately, maybe he just, stashes it instead? I mean, he has a “pocket dimension” of presents in his bag, why not one for cookies and pineapple? Then he just, snacks on all of it throughout the year

[@BrenTenkage]

I tell kids that Santa doesn't deliver presents...at least on his own. Because of modern day he has the help of all the mall santas and other volunteers and thats how he does it in one night. All the milk and cookies are eaten by the volunteers or brought to the north pole for the elves since everyone knows elves love cookies, look at the Keebler Elves LOL

[@terranova1330]

follow-up question from that, what nutrients would he be missing from this christmas tradition, and maybe, what health problems might arise... SOMEBODY PLEASE DO THIS

[@goose1260]

I was thinking the same thing lol

[@wonder_platypus8337]

I think it's obvious he doesn't eat from every house. Probably just snacks along the way.

[@letslegacy]

I always thought that as well lol. But to me, he keeps the food in his pocket dimension to then give to all the elves. So they can have a big feast to celebrate the success of that years Christmas

[@demonicdynamite]

As an Irishman, I've never heard of mince pies and guiness being left out for Santa. I always just did milk, cookies and a carrot.

[@findix2008]

As another Irishman,I was thinking the exact same thing.

[@ThatInfernosGuy]

as an irishman i am wondering why ireland got highlighted as the UK

[@jumbojoshbrahOG]

As an brazilian,never did this or seen somebody make this

[@super_notboring2634]

Same here man

[@RosheenQuynh]

@@ThatInfernosGuy Op- 😳😬

[@TicklePickleGT]

0:44 Schneiders bakery flashbacks right there

[@Ar14life.]

Omg I thought I was the only one who noticed that

[@gl1tch0ut12]

I like to think that Santa keeps all the extra food that he can’t eat himself (which is almost all of them) and gives them to the elves

[@AboveNaturaI]

free food (And labor)!

[@lazylurkerbro9855]

I was going to comment something like Secret Plot Twist: he doesn't eat any of them because he packs his own lunch, but he stores them on the sleigh and him and the elves have a feast when he gets back. Or maybe it's what they live off of throughout the year? Then again, if Santa is an elf, maybe his diet would have totally different requirements. Maybe elves are like hummingbirds... that would also explain him going insanely fast maybe lmao

[@Narra0002]

I bet he brings tons of containers and some kegs. They deserve it for all they go through

[@zyansheep]

Or, y'know, the obvious conclusion that there is more than one Santa, like a whole lot more than one, like billions probably. And they probably live near the houses where they drop off the presents.

[@lazylurkerbro9855]

@@ViperVenomShark Sounds like somebody's cranky they're on the naughty list lmao

[@literally-just-a-leaf]

I think it's worth clarifying here that at least in the uk some parents decided it's not a good idea to put sherry in the reach of children. My family always did milk, and the friends who did serve father Christmas cherry almost all have a story of getting completely hammered as a toddler

[@jackgeraghty5283]

We in ireland leave him whiskey instead. Dunno if thats worse or not

[@lillyalderson9168]

I'm one of the milk people

[@bepkep7821]

my family used beer instead of sherry

[@Head-Comrade]

I’m Australian and I leave out carrots and milk and though some people use cookies I’ve never seen someone use anything but milk

[@deadlymelody27]

My mum didnt like sherry so she put out milk because she liked it. But then when she met my step dad he likes sherry so when my brother and sister were little they put out sherry. But those were always in the living room out of reach and be drunk before going to bed.

[@jelyme6051]

As a Kiwi, I believe Matpat might have misread the pineapple lumps as chunks. Pineapple lumps is a treat which consists of a pineapple flavoured marshmallow covered in chocolate. I personally have not left out pineapple lumps but I'm sure some people do.

[@xsky7740]

That makes more sense I think.

[@tctt185_dg]

Yeap. That actually makes more sense. Hey MatPat, you should try some! They're pretty good. Either way, that's not going to make much of a difference. Santa is pretty much drunk and dead thanks to us Aussies and Kiwis.

[@MovieFan1912]

Really? I think I might try some of those if I ever find myself in New Zealand. They sound delicious to me.

[@kobegaoyt8923]

Yeah, he probably did not misread it though since pineapple lumps were originally called pineapple chunks when Charles Diver was first making them.

[@norivixen1877]

This made me laugh harder than it needed to

[@morganbarrett6567]

I feel like the treats are Santa's gift to the parents to eat in exchange for getting the kids to sleep

[@MeemahSN]

As an Aussie, I’ve never left out an alcoholic beverage for Santa. I’ve never heard of that before. Instead, I’d just give him cookies and milk. I also remember either sprinkling oats all over the nature strip of the house or pouring them in a bowl inside, for the reindeers.

[@diddyjohn6872]

Same, us Aussies aren't going to just give away good beer, even if it's Santa. We also left carrots out for the reindeer instead of oats

[@HenANDhorse]

Same we only give milk as Aussies😂😂

[@bearybeomie6142]

i agree i never done that before

[@bubblecqt5796]

Me in New Zealand give out a beer and cookies for him, plus some carrots for the reindeer

[@melbapeach162]

@@HenANDhorse I just commented the same for UK (Well Scotland at least) we leave milk not sherry, were do these 'facts' about other countries come from

[@SWNJim]

In my house, the tradition was always a “bite and sip” so that you know Santa showed up and it wasn’t the dog and/or cat getting into the cookies and milk. If Santa showed some restraint, his caloric, alcohol, and caffeine intake would plummet. He’d still be massively dead, but not astronomically. 😅

[@CreamieBunnies]

All Santa needs to do is hire a Mukbang KZbinr and he'll be set to go.

[@liannabunny7775]

Nikocado Avocado- /j

[@arshadmajid3623]

Lol

[@Ensensu2]

How long would eating all of Santa's food take all of the mukbangers on youtube?

[@CreamieBunnies]

@@Ensensu2 Like a day probably if it’s every mukbanger on youtube

[@RibbitRibbit191]

@@CreamieBunniesevery mukbanger in total and it’s 2 hours

[@jayden_epic_gaming1088]

Thanks MatPat, Now every time I leave out cookies, I feel I’m the one giving him type 2 diabetes

[@UrsulaIncorporated]

Santa always only took a few bites of our cookies. By the time he got to our house, he’d already been through so many houses that he wouldn’t be able to eat all the cookies. But the carrots we left for the reindeer were always gone!

[@Dekubud]

It was the same in our house! The reindeers are truly burning through those calories after all!

[@AmandaAbbott]

Same same!!!

[@MemTMCR]

I leave this reply as an honorary like as to not disturb the nice

[@bricktaco67]

As someone who lives in sweden, I was surprised to hear that we apparently leave out coffee for santa, since I have never done that, or heard of someone who did it. So I looked it up for myself, and every source I could find stated that swedes left out coffe. Despite this, I can not confirm it to be the case. In most of sweden, Santa (someone dressed as santa) comes during the day to personally deliver the presents, before leaving after being there for about half an hour. Some people also like to leave porridge for santa during the night, though that isn’t as common as it used to be anymore. However, I live in Stockholm, so I can’t speak for all of Sweden. If you live in Sweden and leave out coffee for Santa, or know someone who does, let me know! I’m honestly pretty stumped about this.

[@Falloutgamer347]

As a finn i know a few swedish people and they have never heard of anyone doing this either, i wonder where that originated. We have a pretty similar christmas here but usually santa comes between 5-8pm here

[@KeithTheContractor]

I think we need to make a new theory, a Swedish theory! Why are sources saying they leave coffee when the people themselves don't. I smell a mystery!

[@priyaguptancl]

As someone living in Gothenburg I’ve never heard anyone say they leave out coffee. Some people say that they leave out pepparkaka but seems to inspired by the American tradition.

[@daltigoth3970]

Not sure where it came from, but I've seen the "tradition" mentioned in several places (Trip Advisor, Better Homes, and a few newspapers). Possible that this is just some confusion from people in other regions (such as myself). The simplest explanation is probably that they just took what was known about the region and put it together to create this "tradition" when compiling a list of traditions from around the world, as that is where I found it mentioned most frequently. As I understand it, coffee is very popular in Sweden. Coffee is especially popular when it is cold outside, as it often is around Christmas. Traditionally, Santa comes to the front door and delivers presents in Sweden. Santa is often invited inside and stays for a time as he gives out presents. Given the popularity of coffee in the country and the fact that it is usually cold when Santa arrives, it is very likely that many homes would have a pot of coffee prepared and some households might offer coffee to Santa during his stay. When people in Sweden were surveyed about their Christmas traditions, many respondents likely mentioned Santa coming in and having some coffee while they hand out presents. Considering the tradition for most other countries is for Santa to come down the chimney and leave gifts while everyone is sleeping, the offer of coffee to Santa is mistakenly being described as "leaving coffee out". That's my theory.

[@Jordan-og6ue]

its the same for Australia i have never nor do i know anyone who has left out a beer

[@leticiasuzuki2738]

I imagine MatPat explaining to his son why they won't leave anything for Santa this Christmas

[@britslogohistory9190]

Ok

[@kodyplayz7784]

bro that would be funny

[@blaizegottman4139]

Because his theories are lies

[@alaytianelson]

@@blaizegottman4139 bro Santa isn’t real wgat do u except

[@adnaloyespinosa7492]

@@alaytianelson HE IS REAL

[@Sienna6164]

Conspiracy Theory- He takes most of the cookies, beer, snacks, etc with him and bring them home to his elves and Mrs. Claus

[@brettbeyer73]

Hear me out: his bag full of toys is basically a D&D Bag of Holding. Likewise, Santa could have a few flasks and a picnic basket of holding for storing the food left out for him. Then, in his off-time, he runs a pub that serves all the goodies he collected to fund his workshop.

[@bowmanc.7439]

Or perhaps, Santa could just be a magical creature that rapidly converts calories into spell points

[@brettbeyer73]

@@bowmanc.7439 I like your style.

[@NoSkill_fr]

@@brettbeyer73 and with those skill points santa can invest into pretty niche stuff in the skill tree

[@NoSkill_fr]

@@brettbeyer73 and can become top #1 in all cookies and milk speedrun categories and get inf gems FROM RAID SHADOW LEGE- :troll:

[@linny._.]

Im from sweden, and swedish children actually leave poridge out for santa, i’ve never really heard of anyone leaving coffe for him. But either way im impressed with those calculations!

[@nugget2366]

I am from sweden aswell and I have never heard of anyone leaving anything out for him, I guess it depends from region to region maybe

[@rascallybloom567]

Svensker☕️

[@aceey5152]

As yet another Swede never heard of the coffee thing either

[@Karlusman]

Her i norge hører jeg ikke om så mye om det, kan wære at det er bare område der jeg bor.

[@JohnHillstedt]

I am swedish and can also confirm this

[@sparklingraine]

I like to imagine Santa has a magic Tupperware to hold all the Christmas treats and he shares with all his elves and Mrs Clause when he gets home

[@2bbios]

I mean one gift Box is bigger than a Glas of milk and a few cookies, right? He indeed has the room where he stores all those gifts

[@munarkiiv9999]

@@2bbios yea but he also need separated bottle to store all variety of drinks, so magic tupperware still make sense

[@Conor-s24]

8:27 santa takes tips from amir he built different 🗿

[@darthstardustv2644]

A couple of things: Santa usually took like 2 bites of our cookies and that's it. Still with all those houses, each bite would still add up. I always was under the assumption that he was magical, though, so he probably can take the food anyway from the sheer power of Christmas spirit 😝

[@Ked7]

Divide total by like 20?

[@darthstardustv2644]

@@FlameOnTheBeat yes, then his magic rubs off on you lol.

[@honque2490]

@@AverageKZbinr76 neither is your dad.

[@darthstardustv2644]

@Interstate 60 2002 😲😲😲😲 don't believe this person's lies children!

[@66the_empire66]

@Interstate 60 2002 I think he was real but he was a normal human no powers or anything

[@fishzane287]

As a Filipino, I can say that we dont leave out gifts for Santa because we are busy staying up until Midnight, December 25 every year just to open a gift.

[@PsychoticWonders0725]

Wow. Nice. And I thought my family was the only one who did that, since I have literally never heard of anyone else's family in my 14 years of existence who did the same thing. Although, when I say my family also stays up until midnight on Christmas, I mean we've only done it like twice, since it's slowly starting to become a thing where we along with the families of my mom's friends would go to my uncle's house for any special occasion and stay until the night, sometimes leaving at 11. This year, we got home at like 1 A.M. on Christmas, opened our presents, went to sleep, and the next morning actually used them (My family's Hispanic btw). If my wording was confusing, sorry. Not the best at explaining.

[@fishzane287]

​@@PsychoticWonders0725 It's fine, I can understand your explination.

[@attabooii]

same except I'm vietnamese! I think a lot of asian and Hispanic households have a huge party with extended family on Christmas Eve and you all open presents at midnight and Christmas is just a quiet day where you enjoy your gifts lol

[@randyianbaterna762]

facts

[@redblade5556]

Noche Buena

[@newandroid2673]

Kiwi here. I have never heard of leaving out beer and pinapple chunks for Santa, no friends nor family do it. It sounds like "Oh, those upside down southern hemispheres!" to me And I'd say close to all families in New Zealand celebrate Christmas. It's our biggest holiday. True, most of us aren't christians but I didn't even know Christmas was a religious thing until around 12-13 when my perspective of the world expanded beyond New Zealand

[@averagecayde6enjoyer520]

nah but we do leave out beer even if its non alcoholic, maybe even a mince pie from across the road.

[@NymphWolfie]

Māori and I came here to say the same. All for a beer but never seen one left for Santa, and pineapples ??

[@emmylovesluna1818]

Lol kiwi here too, i've left beer out for santa a few times and it seems like 'pineapple chunks' are just a mistranslation of pineapple lumps (though i've never left those out my self) i just find it funny how they didnt even address that (as far as im aware) a lot of us still just leave out milk and cookies.

[@lisaemmerson8612]

Kiwi here as well, I assumed he misunderstood and meant pineapple lumps -as in the sweets,

[@averagecayde6enjoyer520]

@@lisaemmerson8612 oh yeah

[@goldbergvids]

Well, Santa is magic, so what if he has a pocket dimension in his stomach like Kirby, so that he can eat as much as he wants and not die?

[@fifiishere]

I'm from the UK and my family leaves either a mince pie or a biscuit (cookie) and milk for Father Christmas. We also leave a carrot for Rudolph. This video has left me curious on how many other countries leave a carrot for Rudolph, how many carrots would Rudolf consume on this trip and what the effects of eating that many carrots would be.

[@penguin2375]

My family also did this. I'm from Australia

[@letsreadtextbook1687]

You don't give other deers some?

[@snowflake-gacha.I_writestories]

Yeah it's a carrot for the reindeers not just Rudolph. Also same I'm from the UK but we never left anything out. Although I presumed the national standard was milk and biscuits / cookies.

[@somedumbgayplantboi3012]

he has night vision from all the carrots, the nose is just bc he has a perpetual cold

[@thatsmrfisher]

I was so confused where he got the notion we leave sherry out. It’s not the 1950s anymore 😂

[@boliverburray3974]

I never would have guessed that eating millions of cookies in one night could have adverse affects on your health

[@brendanboomhour7606]

Unless the man has a metabolism comparable to a chimeran hybrid from the resistance series(a hybrid has a metabolism that generates so much internal heat that without a cooling unit embedded in their back they literally cook from the inside out)

[@AnnabethsEdits]

Why is 90% of these replies bots?

[@camdrewdye7996]

@@AnnabethsEdits don't worry fine citizen I have reported (destroyed) them all. You may go on with your day in peace.

[@Crucial54321]

from personal experience it does not, i have only suffered severe type 2 diabetes but nothing adverse as you say

[@deleted-something]

Yea who could have thought that

[@foxofsky5]

As a swede I’ve never heard of anyone leaving coffee out for Santa, personally we always left out a bowl of porridge instead! Oh and Christmas is celebrated the night before, aka Christmas Eve :)

[@PikaLink91]

Same here with Christmas Eve (I'm Danish) :-) I never understood why the Americans hold the party on the evening of the 24th, but then leave the presents for morning on the 25th? How do you have the restraint to wait one whole extra night?? xD

[@KAtotheY]

I myself am an American. My family has always celebrated Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Opened gifts from family on Christmas Eve, and gifts from Santa Christmas day morning.

[@maxnoren9871]

As a swede i can to say that i have never heard of giving santa some coffee. Just some rice porridge

[@AKA-Elfire]

Same I am also a Swede

[@johanloubser8138]

In South Africa too, or at least in my family, we open gifts on the eve and then go to church and the rest on the 25th

[@LayLay_456]

As a Canadian, you don’t want Santa coming to your house after deciding to drink that much wine or beer! Trust me, I moved to LA when I was a baby, Santa would literally write me back when I wrote him notes *still do 😂* and that man wrote in CURSIVE! And perfectly too! I wake up every morning to a whole bunch of presents as well as my TWO BROTHERS! The big man does it well, drink up dude, you’ll need it! I have called Santa many times before in messenger kids and I am crying dude, THEY STILL DO IT! I also watch Santa move like it’s my job and then I go to sleep EXACTLY at 8:30 so that he can come, never fall asleep until about eh an HOURS LATER! Help, Santa excites me 😂 I’m a kid at heart! 12 yr, and almost 13 STILL WRITING TO THE JOLLY MAN WITH A CHERRY NOSE!

[@Heva1987]

I really liked that the film Arthur Christmas explains the use of so many calories that are meant to be "eaten" by Santa. The film says the food and drink taken are turned into Bio-fuel for the now huge Santa sleigh. I loved leaving a glass of sherry for Santa as a kid, is now more hilarious as an adult that he was flying around totally sloshed.

[@JoseOrtiz-eg3lb]

I like how everyone assumes that Santa has to eat the cookies when he's there and not just... you know...keep and stockpile them

[@cooldaddyjames2814]

I came here to say this

[@Moon_The_Magical]

Give the cookies to the elves, maybe?

[@GipsyD29]

I just find it incredibly amusing that NORAD is so dedicated to the tracking Santa thing. That site is so detailed. One part I find even more hilarious: "How does Santa travel the world within 24 hours?" NORAD's answer in a nutshell: Santa experiences time differently to us. A night of Christmas Eve to us could be months for him, which gives him time to deliver all the presents, so the only logical conclusion is that Santa somehow functions within his own time-space continuum. Essentially, NORAD claims that Santa has the ability to manipulate time itself, and to us, he moves at speeds up to light speed. 😂😂😂 I absolutely love this.

[@PrincessRoses308]

I believe it

[@Sora_di_Angelo]

I think he takes all the food and drinks to the north pole and survives of it till the next cristmas cause he can't leave his home to keep his secret

[@Kelarys]

One thing you didn't factor is the families that do celebrate christmas but don't leave anything out. My family never followed that tradition and we're a huge christmas family, so there must be tons of other people skipping that one too

[@bluesonicstreak7317]

Undercounting the people who celebrate Christmas at all might account for that?

[@Kelarys]

@@bluesonicstreak7317 maybe, but everyone I know celebrates christmas and the ones I've talked about it with also never left out cookies. Maybe in certain countries it's a more important tradition, but I would say that in certain places, like Canada (where I'm from) it might be like 1/2 or 1/3 that put milk and cookies out

[@bluesonicstreak7317]

@@Kelarys I'm actually Canadian, and my family left out milk and cookies religiously. Who knows though, it's not something I compared notes on with other kids growing up lol.

[@bigsprucerabbitry6238]

Weird, my family barely celebrated Christmas (no presents over 5 bucks, most years no decorations or tree), but the milk and cookies was a big deal! Probably helped that my dad is a real life cookie monster 😀

[@zariaritzberg3946]

Same here !!

[@arandomgamer5986]

I am from Sweden and we often leave out rice portage for santa. It was originally for the "Gårds tomte" that one may call farm santa. If you did not feed them they wold not take care of your farm. I was actually not aware that Sweds left out coffee despite being one.

[@That.Loser.34]

We do something similar in Norway

[@girlrottingpro]

@@That.Loser.34 yeah i remember thinking "poor santa needs to eat cold porridge!" Lol

[@dyst0pi465]

since when is it coffee?

[@SingingSealRiana]

Even inside of a country traditions can differ, like in the south of Germany santa is not the one delivering the presents, but ... "the Christkind" new born jesus? While in other regions one got no idea of that...

[@arandomgamer5986]

@@SingingSealRiana yes, I think porridge may be more of a rural swedish thing to do.

[@tylercrockett7273]

I like to imagine that he's not eating them all on the trip, and instead has a second bag that he fills with food to bring back with him to the north pole and either stockpile it for the whole year or even better, share it all with the elves. And any doubt can be explained with a little Santa magic.

[@roofdogblues7400]

Those reindeer are putting in the miles... they could use some energy for all that effort too.

[@manastorm5308]

@@roofdogblues7400 Quite a lot of people also leave out carrots, so don't you worry

[@dante_0962]

@@manastorm5308 same here.

[@Suchwerewolf]

@@manastorm5308 yup, we’d leave out a carrot. I used to worry that it wasn’t fair to leave just one, but my parents assured me that if lots of people left out carrots, Santa would obviously share the carrots equally among the reindeer

[@thewhitewolf3426]

Honestly this makes the most sense, it’s probably something like: santa eats as much as he can and then just collects the rest of the food to give to the deer and elves. Everyone at santa hq works tirelessly after all.

[@Issuedbox]

As an Australian I haven’t tried getting Santa drunk, but maybe this year I’ll give him 10 jugs to make up for only some of the years I’ve missed

[@5minutesofyourtime]

Only polite

[@hoitem3336]

"This is going to leave me with deep emotional scars." MatPat today: "Can we consume the entirety of my Christmas tree?!"

[@blaizegottman4139]

The title is a bunch of lies

[@hoitem3336]

@@blaizegottman4139 You're right it should be, "Food Theory: My Christmas Cookies Are KILLING Santa!"

[@RosheenQuynh]

@@hoitem3336 Uhhhh

[@hoitem3336]

@@RosheenQuynh A valid point. May I direct you to evidence A to Z kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipnChYKCYsZ-o7s

[@RosheenQuynh]

@@hoitem3336 Uh what?

[@81ue93]

Hello! A swede here. I had no idea that people give santa coffee. I often just put out some milk and gingerbread or "tomtegröt" out for him to eat. Also, I think that its important to say that we celebrate chistmas the 24th, and not 25th like most other countries. So we get the presents either on the night of 23rd or in the morning on 24th.

[@Tackpuumba]

Yeah, what kind of BS is that? I've never heard of it either, and I've lived here my whole life. After five minutes of Google, I cannot find a single source in Swedish for this claim. It's only on American web sites.

[@zatchbellgaming3433]

@@Tackpuumba you have to realize his sources are intrinsically biased to an American point of view due to his inability to speak. Probably many languages

[@SuperJJx]

Afternoon on the 24th!

[@NimaH_VFFV]

As a fellow swede, I haven't heard of the coffee thing either.. More like the "tomtegröt" (rice porridge) you're talking about.

[@kareem5916]

I’ve been googling and reading about people explaining my own culture to me does feel like listening to that episode of futurama where they speculate on the 20th century

[@CoolCanadian223]

This is one of my favourite food theory videos because I think it is so interesting to see what people do for Santa in other parts of the world

[@nyletower6860]

This doesn't have to do with the topic of the video but that stop motion scene with the cookies at the beginning was so creative. I imagine it took a lot of time; its impressive! Loved it.

[@ghostcoffee1099]

Food Theory has been my favorite channel because MatPat gets on camera and does wacky stuff

[@Holeycheese468]

Me to

[@wylanvallotton4462]

Every reply to this comment is a bot.... Wtf?

[@alter-naria]

ikrrrrr

[@hahant-expertatunfunnycont9713]

bro you are a bot magnet

[@travisnorton9288]

I love how MatPat was concerned about Santa’s caffeine intake even though his bac is 14,000% after the leaving the first country

[@lachydragneel]

And we won't stop giving him alcohol. Now thinking of it, imagine Santa after leaving Australia flying everywhere just uncontrollably 🤣🤣

[@nlm2nd]

@@lachydragneel Maybe its not that wild because the reindeer are experienced enough to do the route without much input. After all, they're supposed to be some sort of Immortal God-like Caribou.

[@Epic_brawler_Gaming]

12:05 MatPat speaking Latvian was not something I thought I would hear but it is very great😂

[@benberry1165]

Of course Santa can survive the caloric onslaught of cookies all over the world, he's omnipresent.

[@zeroart1641]

They was a good one 🤣

[@blessedcocoa5729]

Exactly, the weight disperses.

[@marafty3776]

He can't survive bc he isn't surviving and never has bc he ain't real

[@DinoCrystal360]

@@marafty3776 shhhhhhhh

[@katuni08]

Santa always just ate a nibble of our cookies and took a sip of the milk. Even taking all of these numbers and cutting them down to a sample from each house, these are still insane numbers 😳

[@scramblelikeaeggbeforeifol5833]

Santa isn’t real

[@theunkownviolinist]

As a kid, I always thought Santa would just save all the food he couldn't eat

[@beckmania1066]

It’s my headcannon that he takes most of the food and through some Christmas magic BS he portalizes them to a giant blender and they become treats for the reindeers throughout the year.

[@TerraShiro7]

Well he does have a magic bag of presents why not one with the food he couldn't eat

[@Dan280974]

I'd say he gives them to the elves

[@Na1lgun]

The leftover food is the elves' rations for the year

[@theanathema3062]

@@Na1lgun we must not let the elves unionize, it’ll be the end.

[@imjustverable3860]

Does this mean that when grandma gets run over by a reindeer Santa can be charged with a DUI

[@atomicgator5207]

I think there should be addendum to this episode. A follow-up episode where MatPat calculates just how many calories Santa burned during his trip. Does it balance out in the long run? Or is Santa out of luck? Edit: Also, are his reindeer consuming any of those calories? Afterall, they have their work cut out for them defying gravity and hauling that sleigh.

[@darklanternstudios7691]

I'd always heard that those that took the Reindeer into consideration would leave water and carrots out sperate from the cookies. That being said, it would also probably help at that point to know what ingredients (if any) in these traditions might be less than palatable to them, since a lot of animals can't consume many of the foods we humans do (i.e. dogs and chocolate, cats and garlic, ect.). Once we know that we could probably take into consideration roughly how many calories could be distributed to the nine reindeer (likely keeping the booze away from them because that just sounds like a worst combination than if it was just Santa doing the drinking).

[@bella-be4mh]

😅

[@havannahwild2817]

My family used to leave water and carrots or apples out for the reindeer

[@3dpprofessor]

Not to mention there's a time dilation power at work here. Speed force or something. And as anyone knows Force=Mass*Velocity/Time, meaning as time goes down, the force required will go up. Taking this into account, Santa desperately needs those calories to finish his journey. Of course the elves have probably already stocked the TARDIS space in his sleigh with enough hyper energy candy canes to keep him going.

[@oddball7888]

I’ve never actually left cookies for Santa- when I was a kid I was always concerned that Santa would get sick after only eating cookies and milk- so we didn’t leave out anything- thankfully…I still got presents every year! :D

[@OfficialGrandpengu206]

I have never actually heard that other Australians leave out alcohol for santa. every person I know has put out milk and cookies like the americans

[@frankglynn8209]

@@OfficialGrandpengu206 Ireland does leave Guinness but I have never EVER even seen a mince pie let alone eaten one! In my house, we just left a carrot for the reindeer along with the Guinness!

[@OfficialGrandpengu206]

@@fangwraith oh yeah those reindeers must be big after All those carrots

[@eileenparascandola3811]

i had a friend that would leave out some tums for his stomach so minus 1 coookie and milk in usa

[@pastelnut027]

We would leave out carrots and celery because my father suggested that Santa would probably be sick of cookies by the time he got here. Lol

[@henry_alphonse]

Swede here, never heard of the coffee thing but I don't represent the entire country so it may just be me. However, I have heard of, and I believe even participated in, leaving out a bowl of porridge for Santa as a remnant of the old tradition of leaving porridge out for the house gnome who helped tend to the animals at the farm. Gingerbread cookies may or may not also be a thing to leave out here. Also, we celebrate on the 24th here.

[@AlexJARL]

Same here

[@amandaa8472]

Same, never heard of it.

[@antequick]

I was looking for this comment, never heard of the coffee thing

[@Graddle]

Same here. Never heard of the coffee but do know about the porridge for the gnomes.

[@keyofdawson]

Finns det någon som har hört om Kaffe grejen?

[@PaulGerner-r7e]

Even though i’m 2 years too late i’m gonna say this theory maybe santa doesn’t eat most of the cookies you give him maybe he puts them in a giant pantry where he stores all the cookies in cookie jars and he eats them for later and gives them to his elves and gives them a unknown elf currency

[@ameliagerner3802]

That’s a great theory!

[@PaulGerner-r7e]

⁠ Thank you :D

[@Italian_yaey]

Yeah

[@spheeman]

Now all you have to do is calculate how many calories he burns at each house considering that he has to scale down and up a chimney! Or at least through all of the movement he does over the night.

[@qaasimabdullah5598]

Considering he just sits back in a sleigh lol, I'm not sure of how many calories he would actually be burning

[@omniyx7837]

It wouldn’t be that much tbf, at max a couple thousand

[@spheeman]

@@omniyx7837 I mean since he'd be going extremely quickly and the amount of energy expended is exponential to the speed at which you are going.

[@andreaa.4446]

@@spheeman truu he diesnt get out if his sleigh eventually at lightning speed

[@kory_misun]

My brother and I, both in our early thirties, still watch Santa's journey thanks to NORAD. Learning the backstory of how the tradition came to be made both of us smile. Not a lot of people know, people set out alcohol for St. Nick in certain countries, and that could definitely get him into trouble if he's not traveling with a designated driving elf buddy. I pray that he can divide/pay all of his reindeer, elves and other helpers with all this food and drink so that this magic man doesn't pop. There must be a way to convert these calories to magic sleigh fuel or something.

[@elijahdelacruz3204]

“Even in majority Christian nations like the Philippines, they don’t typically leave out anything for Santa.” I’m from the Philippines and I can confirm that as a fact. Growing up, not once did leaving out food for Santa become a tradition. In fact, in my 22 years of existence, this is the first time I heard of the tradition hahaha

[@paulinelol3930]

im like a child and I will also confirm this and as a younger child I was skeptical with imagimary stuff like tooth fairy santa claus etc.

[@mykafrandi3541]

i'm very late to this but as a new zealander we don't leave out pure pinnapple, it's actually worse, we leave out chocolate covered pinnapple flavoured lollies called pinnapple lumps. it's pinnapple flavoured marshmallow covered in chocolate

[@anarchicbean5888]

I think my favourite part of this video was the opportunity to learn all the differences in Santa traditions in various countries, what people feed him (or dont) in the place of cookies and milk that I have always put out as a Canadian. We also always left carrots for the reindeer. Wonder how they’re holding up?

[@teamawesome5153]

Well, after all this time I would assume he's found ways to get around the dangers of eating all that in one night. Like maybe he brings an extra bag with him that he puts most of the cookies & other foods in. As for the booze, coffee & milk, either he takes a sip then pours the rest out or he has big containers in that extra bag that he pours it into. And then when he's done with his journey, he lets the elves have a big Christmas feast with it all.

[@charliehorse8401]

We have to take into account the elves that Santa works with. Santa eats a little bit of the food, like one sample from each country to really try it out, and then he takes the rest of the food and brings it back home to the elves! Adding to the fact that Santa is a most likely immortal creature in some form or another.

[@danese1636]

lmfao when I first started reading this my mind immediately imagined Santa regurgitating the food for the elves xD

[@ichigopockychan]

@@danese1636 perhaps he packs the food away in Tupperware containers or has a separate bag for snacks to bring home to his elves. Although, I’m not sure how he’s going to bring home all that beer

[@swissgoat4981]

@@ichigopockychan An absolutely massive keg

[@bluebird1914]

That's a valid point, but surely he can't have so many elves that he'd do that right? I mean even one country's worth of food and drink would be too much.

[@catherinebaldwin6580]

Little kid me could not understand that Santa’s meant to be immortal. My little brain was like, Santa from thr 1800’s , is he gonna die soon? He’s 200 years old, he ain’t lasting much longer.

[@BrokenSpear1268]

Santa probably saves the cookies for his elves.

[@Dekubud]

I remember my mom drinking all the milk but not eating all the cookies, saying he couldn't finish them all since everyone left him some cookies lol We also left carrots for the reindeers and those were mostly finished because not everyone think about them. It was her clever way of not having to eat too many cookies since she doesn't have much of a sweet tooth but LOVES carrots. As for the milk she poured some of it back in the jug because she doesn't like wasting!

[@MissMoontree]

We didn't leave anything for Santa, but some kids left carrots for Sinterklaas his horse in their shoes. Sinterklaas is probably skinnier than his bro Santa, since Sinterklaas only gets drawings and letters.

[@ThisIsTheYear4Ferrari]

Not to be that guy, but like this comment might make this season a little less magical for the young audience of the ____ theory channels.

[@the1necromancer]

@@ThisIsTheYear4Ferrari Less magical? He clearly can't eat all that food. Of course the parents eat what he leaves behind.