Welcome to the land of the cookie elves, and thank you for sharing our 60th anniversary with us!
Take a step back in time and find out how this unique tradition began, see what 60+ years of poems look like, take a peek behind the scenes, and share in some of the wonderful feedback we’ve received from you—our family and friends—through the years.
Peek inside the workshop
Our Story
How a pile of leftover cookies became a 60-year caper
60+ Years of Poems
Every poem we’ve hung on a door, from 1964 on
The Cookie Factory
From a pile of ingredients to that hanging bag
Turnabout
The notes, poems & pranks you’ve sent back
Cookie ’Elfies
Snap a selfie with your elf cookie
Sixty-some Christmases at a glance
- 1963Newlyweds, a paper-chain tree, and far too many cookies
- ~10doors on that very first hang-and-run
- 1997Christmas Day in the Hartford Courant
- 1998On Channel 20’s Crossroads
- ~200homes on the list today, hundreds of miles of route
- 2011The grandkids start their own poems at college