12/91Estimated number of cookies that will be left out for Santa Claus this Christmas Eve: 84,000,000

Land O’ Lakes (Arden Hills, Minn.)

12/97Rank of milk among professional Santas’ favorite drinks with cookies, according to the American Dairy Association: 1

American Dairy Association (Rosemont, Ill.)

5/95Boxes of cookies the Washington, D.C., Girl Scouts must sell each year to cover their liability premiums: 87,000

Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital (Washington)

2/96Years in jail a California man was sentenced to last year after his third burglary offense, the theft of four cookies: 26

Public Defender’s Office (Orange County, Calif.)

5/95Damages paid by the Kellogg Company this year after an Ohio man claimed a flaming Pop-Tart ignited his kitchen: $2,400

Kellogg Co. (Battle Creek, Mich.)