I’m from the UK and my partner is from the States. Every year she has the kids leave milk and cookies out for Santa, which I find odd because we left out sherry and a mince pie in my house. At the same time, we live in Scandinavia and I’m sure the Christmas gnome (julenissen) is unhappy about the lack of porridge.
TBF I saw a guy in Scotland drink a dirty pint when he turned 18. It had a different shot in it for every year of his life +1 for luck (bad luck as it turned out). Topped off with tenants lager. He was not well.