Santa's Snacks

Christmas Eve is the busiest night of the year for Father Christmas and he appreciates the treats children leave for him and the reindeer and the snacks are much more varied across the globe.
Some kids in other countries often feel he needs something a bit stronger to keep out the cold out as he whizzes around and it is rather chilly flying through the night sky, after all and his first call is in Australia and New Zealand where and obviously in Australia it's a beer and a Rum fruitcake so if Santa gets the presents mixed up a  little, remember Australia is one of the first places he visits and that's a lot of beer and Rum cake.
After Australasia he makes his way to Asia and then Africa where in Nigeria and other parts of West Africa, a Christmas meal of dough and stew awaits him and then he hits Europe.
In the Nordic countries like Denmark and Sweden, children leave out a special rice pudding called risengrød for him and here in England and Ireland it's mince pies left out with a carrot for the reindeer.  
Italy and France give out a glass of wine and carrots for his donkey but in Germany he may go hungry as German children don’t leave food at all, but they write and decorate letters for him and leave them on their windowsills for him to read.
Then he pops across the Atlantic to North America and the waiting Milk and Cookies before visiting South America and El Salvador where kids also leave letters, while in Argentina water is left out for  Santa’s animals but his round belly gets filled upo again in Chile where he will find a Christmas fruitcake and a coffee so he has the energy to keep going throughout the night.
Then it is back home to rest, detox and start planning for next year.