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Grampa's Christmas Origins: Christmas Cookies is a The Simpsons Winter Wingding story that appears in The Simpsons Winter Wingding #6.

It's Christmas Eve at the Simpson home. Bart and Lisa are leaving milk and cookies out for Santa Claus, even though Bart is decidedly unimpressed with Lisa's selections of vegan carob chip cookies and unsweetened soy milk. They are surprised to find Grampa sitting in the chair next to the fireplace. He calls the cookies-for-Santa tradition malarkey, then tells how the tradition got started.

The setting changes to Christmas Eve in an orphanage "back in the olden days", most likely the 1920s. In residence are the old-time counterparts of Milhouse and the school bullies (Nelson, Dolph, Jimbo and Kearney). Milhouse says that he's sure to get the best toy because of the candy cane flambé cake he has made for Santa. The bullies, however, make fun of his cake and say that his idea is crazy because Santa will be too busy to stop and eat.