It’s two days before Christmas Eve. Are you ready for Santa?

Nobody’s really sure when or where the tradition of leaving a plate of cookies and glass of milk out for Santa came from, but it’s done around the world- cookies and milk in the U.S. and Canada, of course, but sometimes other types of food in different countries: mince pies and a glass of sherry in Britain and Australia, chocolate brownies in Sweden, and in Ireland? Guinness, naturally.

Because we’ve got a freezer full of ready-to-be-baked cookie dough, and we never run out of milk, we’re pretty much set for Christmas Eve. If you aren’t, here are links to some of our most popular cookie recipes- guaranteed to get you on Santa’s “nice” list!

• Sugar Cookie Recipe which I shared with you last Halloween. Delicious and perfect for Christmas cookie decorating.
• Favorite Cookie Recipes that go awesomely with milk.