Because he likes them
how many mince pies does santa eat
No its not illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas day. Why would shops sell mince pies if it was illegal to eat them on Christmas day. If it was illegal, then shops wouldn't sell them.
It is not illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas day.
Ireland
mince pie
if you either have mince pies or can make them then of course you can eat them, there is no rule against it!
Believe it or not but its mince pies, Oliver Cromwell banned mince pies and that law has never been rescinded so mince pies are illegal.
No, why would they exist if we weren't allowed to eat them? However, an old out-dated law in the UK still states that it is illegal to eat Mince Pies on Christmas day.
At Christmas time Santa or Father Christmas eats cookies or biscuitsn and mince pies. His reindeer eat lots of carrots. Santa or Father Christmas drinks milk and maybe some sherry too. :)
They Put cookies out for santa and milk and carrots for the donkey !
Santa is magic, the magis is powered by mince pies and sherry.
In Scotland it used to be 'mince pies' and whisky, then a few years ago it changed to (the very American) 'milk and cookies'. Thankfully this year a lot of the younger kids have put 'mince pies' and 'dirty beer' back on the menu.