Food Theory: Your Christmas Cookies Are KILLING Santa!

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Santa may not eat his Christmas tree like I do, but every Christmas Eve St. Nick does DEVOUR millions of cookies. And that’s just in the United States! Kids around the world leave out ALL SORTS of food for Kris Kringle. But can the jolly man in red handle ALL OF THAT food? Or would he explode?! Let’s find out, Loyal Theorists!
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[@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

[@kapix4023]

lol yeah

[@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

[@angeliasweet9403]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@ssaritaa.ms.]

When I was younger I had the exact same question, how did Santa eat all those cookies without basically dying? So my parents said “Well, since Santa only comes out of the North Pole to eat ONCE a year, he eats what is worth of a year of food in ONE day” and that really left me without a doubt, Santa has a huge stomach.

[@Battleshipguy20]

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

[@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

[@Moon_Roses]

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

[@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

[@saraacarolina]

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]

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

[@saraacarolina]

@@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!

[@chasemarrison6272]

Imagine if Santa at first only intends to do New Zealand but gets so drunk he does the entire world

[@ZizzleTheKakapo]

why do you think we give him beer?

[@friendlyneighbourhoodash]

@@ZizzleTheKakapo ok, im from nz, since when did we leave out beer???!!! (we did sprite or l&p

[@ZizzleTheKakapo]

@@friendlyneighbourhoodash Always was beer in my household

[@marvinterrado2208]

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

[@zacg8975]

And MatPat's mom too

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@christiantwist3360]

that ending where he listed the different ways he'd be dead made me laugh so hard

[@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.

[@koraidonfan19]

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

[@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.

[@VastayanBirdie]

From the Netherlands here. Even though Santa has been getting more popular, it is not what we normally celebrate. We often celebrate Christmas when the kids are a bit older and give presents to eachother, because for the little kids we have a celebration called Sinterklaas. Which is celebrated on the 5th of december. Kids would however leave something on the night before, but for me it was always a glass of water and a carrot or sometimes even sugar cubes for the horse, not even the man himself.

[@jakoblent4694]

ahh germany has the Nicolas day which is straight up the same but we leave a stock outside for Saint. Nick to put in candys

[@dilarascediting6565]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@Blixthand]

I live in Sweden and I have never heard of leaving out anything for Santa over here. Most people I know that has kids and want to stick with a Santa tradition will have a family member, relative, friend or even pay a professional to dress up as Santa and come knocking on the door sometime after Christmas dinner, which in Sweden would be on the 24th since we celebrate on the Eve and not so much on Christmas Day, and have "Santa" hand deliver a few presents and then pretend to move on to the next house. There is the for Sweden stereotypical event where the dad or the grandpa will suddenly remember he haven't bought todays newspaper and must rush off to the store, and always manage to miss Santa by mere minutes, though I don't know how well that holds up today when hardly anyone gets physical newspapers anymore.

[@morganbarrett6567]

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

[@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.

[@ked49]

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😂

[@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?

[@girlsarepoggers]

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.

[@girlsarepoggers]

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]

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

[@gabrielkawa3477]

I like this

[@Potatoat]

I’m in New Zealand and I have never, never heard of anyone leaving out beer or pineapples! My family usually leaves out some carrots for the reindeers lol

[@ZizzleTheKakapo]

odd, that's always what My fam did,

[@docbrosstudio7680]

Love the stopmotion. It's great.

[@docbrosstudio7680]

And Santa isn't real.

[@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

[@TaylorSaysHi]

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

[@crowgeddon8770]

100th like

[@TheMagicianCat]

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

[@TwinfiniteTwins]

196th like

[@desaug]

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

[@joshuatraill1042]

bro i have a mad respect for all the researches and mat himself for doing this type of maths

[@jayden_epic_gaming1088]

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

[@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!

[@RaineMcLean]

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!

[@conradchester1246]

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

[@Cesp43]

@@conradchester1246 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]

@@Cesp43 the Saint Nick in irl is dead and not the 🎅

[@Cesp43]

@@xixi319 probs from eating all them pints of alcohol

[@DarkFrozenDepths]

I'm very late saying this, but the approach that the Visual Novel called "Sakura Santa" had would still lead to way too much food and drunkenness... In that game, Santa's MANY children handle each CITY. That's still far too much for any one of his kids to consume aside from the few cities that barely leave much to eat AND drink. Also, let's just overlook the fact that Ms. Claus popped out more kids than some species of fish... That, or it means Old St. Nick really got around... Also, all his kids are also called Santa for some reason... both the boys and girls of the Claus family...

[@KTSpeedruns]

I was thinking recently about how it would feel for Santa assuming he magically slows the time continuum so he doesn't struggle with time or a growing population. But he still has to perceive time in his consciousness. And I was wondering how long it feels for Santa to drop off the presents. So, even if Santa in his consciousness only spends 1 minute at each house and we go with a low estimate of 100,000,000 households that celebrate Christmas with the tradition of Santa coming by, he would perceive it as 194 years of time to make one trip around the world. Think about what that means in the movie The Santa Clause after Scott Calvin takes over being Santa Claus. Even if he only has to complete the last 10% of the journey that the previous Santa started, that's 19 years of perceived time. Yet he still convinces himself it was just a dream and tries to deny it. He also took his son, Charlie, on that trip who experienced the same phenomenon. Is this making sense to anyone else, or is it just me?

[@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]

😂😂

[@s.sgaming4219]

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

[@swampdonkey1567]

@@s.sgaming4219 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

[@s.sgaming4219]

@@swampdonkey1567 The dark secret must not get out!

[@willohnoitsme5702]

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!

[@arthurnieto2190]

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.

[@apwi2884]

Whaddya mean misinformation? He IS real. Dingus

[@user-xc5mh1im1j]

Loved the stop-motion at the beginning of the video man!

[@robertneal4244]

Don't forget that Santa and his sleigh moving through the atmosphere at near light speed would vaporize the vehicle and cause hard to calculate damage on the surface...although the heat might make some impromptu food.

[@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.

[@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

[@montynoname373]

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

[@themusicalhallway3422]

It's interesting that there are so many Christmas movies that emphasize concern that children are struggling to believe in Santa Clause when MatPat is more concerned for the health of Santa Clause going from house to house gaining waaay too many calories in one night. After watching this video, I feel more confident than ever before of my thoughts as a teenager that it was just my parents snacking on Santa's treats to prove that he came. But then again he's apparently been an old man for centuries, so maybe there's something magical about him that he can deal with the intake. Or maybe there's more than one Santa Clause and they switch places in each country. I mean, there are so many guys dressed up as him so maybe they all take turns dealing with the calorie intake. Just some theories of my own. But even then, there still remains the fact that if Santa exists then every year an old man is going to break into my house for the sake of the Christmas spirit, whether I have a chimney or not. Sounds like something a drunk guy would do... Yeah, with this added information about Santa Clause from MatPat, I'd rather stick with my idea that my parents did everything.

[@chichithefox8891]

Makes me so happy as someone from Latvia noticing that mat pat has been bringing it up more lately, since it’s such a small place europe

[@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.

[@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".

[@Dinoboy3060]

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?

[@letzplayepicc3775]

loved the stop motion intro- idk if you made it yourself or what but great job

[@rileyquinn974]

I grew up watching Norad with my mom and it's become something I do each year with my cousin's kids! I have them go to bed 2 hours before he makes it to us (which was what my mom did with me!) so they can keep up with his location as long as possible, they love it ^_^

[@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.

[@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?)

[@thedoctorreileymtd4022]

I've been suggesting this episode for literal years via the comments and IG DMs. So nice to finally see it, and man do I gotta say, it was everything I hoped for. Now I can finally tell everyone just how dead Santa would be thanks to Matt doing the calculations for me XD

[@Meg701]

You should do a video on if Santa would be able to survive the rest of the year off those calories

[@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

[@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

[@michaeljcdo335]

Saint Nick could be nibbling a few snacks and giving himself a little sip of whatever drink is left out for him.

[@alex_allier9]

As someone who lives in Chile, there are some people that also leave a drink called "Cola de mono" monkey's tail in English, idk why it's called like that, it's made with aguardiente, milk, sugar, coffee, and cloves, there is a version without alcohol, but usually it's only for kids.

[@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

[@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 😭

[@rainx7078]

I find it more comforting to think that he has a second magic container that has a teleport function to send the food to the elves in order to prepare for their annual new year's bash.

[@arthurmartin4616]

Suddenly the santa loving clementines thing in doctor who's last christmas makes so much more sense

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.

@@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. 🇫🇮❤🇩🇪

@@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.

[@icelandgaming]

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

[@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]

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

[@powerfulgamer1379]

I love how this entire video was just based on the fact that he actually ate all that and not just him leaving it there

[@Kampstir]

I can imagine that Santa’s Christmas magic is powered by calories and his sleigh powered by alcohol

[@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

[@CluckinghamPalace.]

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]

@@CluckinghamPalace. 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

[@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

[@shannonthorpe5930]

This is my favorite food theory episode so far

[@Sabwolfs]

Lived in Australia all my life and this is the first time I've ever heard of us leaving beer for santa

[@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.

[@finndixon8342]

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- 😳😬

[@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. 😅

[@Batfamlover1]

One of the best Christmas eve traditions we had in my family as a kid was logging onto NORAD and seeing where Santa was in his yearly flight right bfore going to bed. Made it a little harder to sleep, but who cares about that when you know roughly when he'll be squeezing down the chimney.

[@Sienna6164]

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

[@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.

[@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?

[@Chris_vs_Games]

You forgot about Greece here we used to leave 10 cookies a cup of milk and about 7 slices of carrot for the raindeers but most homes don't leave anything anymore

[@plasmasnow2ndaccount87]

Okay, but the thing with the military guy just playing along is so wholesome.

[@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

[@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

[@RibbitRibbit721]

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

[@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?

[@anthonyburkhardt683]

So dont know if you have this years winter line up already planned but her is an idea: Part 2 to this theory "What is the caloric demand for Santa making his Christmas run and how does that compare to his intake (found in this video)." Idea was inspired from your Sonic theories on Film theory.

[@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

[@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:

[@xxx_random_gacha_xxx]

I’m from the UK and I didn’t know anyone left alcohol for Santa in the UK because everyone I know leaves out milk so that’s quite interesting

[@tjoybutfly]

I started crying when I saw the intro I looked mostly fine aside from the tears but inside I was screaming

[@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

[@Redacted304]

The leftover food is the elves' rations for the year

[@theanathema3062]

@@Redacted304 we must not let the elves unionize, it’ll be the end.

[@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

[@bbios1013]

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]

@@bbios1013 yea but he also need separated bottle to store all variety of drinks, so magic tupperware still make sense

[@nyc1976]

MatPat always reminds us how weird pop culture is

[@beansie_7994]

as an aussie i don’t think my fam ever left out any form of drink or food for santa, but we did leave carrots for the reindeer !!

[@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.

[@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

[@TheCatholicNerd]

Seriously though, it's adorable that the Air Force Colonel went along with it. Like not the most adorable thing which was the candy drops during the Berlin air lift but still it's up there

[@voiceoreason9884]

Watching this plus the Sonic video makes me wonder, why did you not take into account how much energy Santa is burning traveling to every Christmas observing home in the world in one night? He's in the sleigh a lot of the time, but going down and back up all those chimneys would still be quite a workout. Also, we don't know how much of that fuel he's sharing with the reindeer, if he's not, they're dropping dead from exhaustion. Honestly, he probably needs all of that fule. (Not so sure about the alchohol though.)

[@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?

[@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.

[@tplgamer1233]

i am so happy that matpat mentiond Latvia my home bc normaly no big channels or influencers metion it:)

[@malikam6166]

Counter theory, if he has a magic bag to dispense toys and gifts wouldnt he be able to store all this food to use throughout the rest of the year? What if we're really just feeding all the residents of The North Pole year-round, every year?

[@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 !!

[@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 😝

[@ked49]

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!

[@weather5151]

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

[@NicoleMcGuey]

This was absolutely hilarious 😂

[@DanG425]

There's a reason Santa fattens up for Christmas and is able to eat all of that. He has time magic to help him deliver all those presents, but it burns through calories *very fast*