Today Fletcher and his friends made reindeer food. One of our favorite Christmas traditions is making reindeer food to sprinkle on the lawn on Christmas Eve for Santa's reindeer to eat. We use small glass canning jars and layer oatmeal, sugar, crushed peppermint, and sprinkles (commonly known as the favorites of reindeer) until our jars are full. We print labels and color them and tie them on with ribbon. The labels have this poem:
Sprinkle on your lawn at night
The moon will make it sparkle bright
Santa's reindeer fly and roam
This will guide them to your home!
On Christmas Eve, after leaving treats by the tree for Santa, we go out and sprinkle the reindeer food on the grass! It's all gone in the morning, so we know the reindeer loved it!
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