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| + | {{TB|In Grampa's story, the custom of leaving cookies and milk out for Santa began in an orphanage. One boy's candy cane flambé snack set Santa's mouth on fire, but other boys came to Santa's rescue with milk and cookies.}} | ||
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Grampa's Christmas Origins is a series of short comic stories which appear in The Simpsons Winter Wingding. The first stories appeared in the sixth issue of the series.
In the stories, Abraham Simpson tells his version of how various Christmas customs came to be, often interweaving his accounts with historical events or works of classic literature.
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