National Cookie Day ~ Friday Humor

National Cookie Day, celebrated every year on December 4, is an ideal way to launch the festive season. As December arrives with sparkling lights, family gatherings, and holiday cheer, this delicious day encourages us to pause and enjoy one of life’s simplest pleasures: cookies. From timeless chocolate chip to cherished gingerbread, cookies provide comfort, ignite creativity, and often evoke fond childhood baking memories. Whether you’re savoring a bakery treat or crafting from scratch, National Cookie Day grants a delightful reason to celebrate something universally loved.

History of National Cookie Day

Fun Facts About National Cookie Day

• Americans eat over 2 billion cookies each year, averaging nearly 300 cookies per person.
• The most popular cookie in the world remains the classic chocolate chip cookie, invented by Accident in 1938 by Ruth Wakefield.
• December is the busiest month for baking, especially festive staples like gingerbread men, sugar cookies, and shortbread.
• The world’s largest cookie ever baked weighed more than 18 tons—a gigantic chocolate chip cookie created in 2003.
• Many cookie companies and bakeries offer special deals, freebies, and limited-edition flavours on National Cookie Day.
• Some families have a designated “cookie sneak”—that one person who mysteriously steals cookies from the jar when no one is watching!

How to Celebrate National Cookie Day

1. Bake Cookies Together

2. Host a Cookie Decorating Contest

3. Explore Cookie History

4. Share Cookies With Others

5. Try a New Cookie From Around the World

2. Why can’t cookies dough hold a steady job?

Because it’s always getting baked.

3. What do you call the art of folding cookies?

Oreo-gami

4. Why do basketball players love cookies?

5. My grandmother bakes cookies the fastest

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Rae Aria holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Literary Studies and enjoys writing family-oriented topics. When she’s not writing or working as an editor on Support for Stepdads, she enjoys spending time with her two sons and reading a variety of subjects.