1. An orange cannot possibly set the stage for a nap the way cookies and milk can.

2. Cookies get better when dipped in milk; fruit gets grosser.

3. Fruit does not make a handy substitute for poker chip like cookies do.

4. Nobody begs to lick the spoon when it’s dipped in a grapefruit.

5. Who would you rather have making your snack, delightful elves or boring old Mother Nature?

6. Nobody leaves kiwi fruit and apple juice for Santa.

7. When you first move to a new place, do you want your new neighbors showing up with a plate of cookies or a basket of fruit?

8. Cookies have never suffered a salmonella scare.

9. Fruit spoils; cookies last for months.

10. Nobody sends apple slices in a care package.