It takes a Muppet to bake up a sweet holiday – National Cookie Day December 4.

Legend has it that Cookie Monster of Sesame Street fame proclaimed National Cookie Day in the all things Muppet book The Sesame Street Directory in 1980, according to a great article by Jace Shoemaker-Galloway at Examiner.com.

Nothing crumby about this day. Quizno’s is giving away free cookies with any purchase while they last. And Shoemaker-Galloway offers a collection of 25 Killer Cookie Recipes Perfect for the Holidays. I like her collection for one simple reason — some are easy enough for me to bake. Bar cookies are this girl’s forte. Mix ‘em, shovel them in a pan, bake, slice, and the Eckert and Parker kids eat them by the handful.

You gotta love Cookie Monster for a sweet gift in December. “OMM-nom-nom-nom…”

Pam Parker is the editor of Lake Erie LifeStyle, Her Times and House to Home at the Erie Times-News in Erie, Pa. She is the mom of three, stepmom to three and step-grandmom to one — all cookie lovers.

Social media went nuts when Mitt Romney commented that he would cut funding to PBS. Romney mentioned that he loved Big Bird and moderator Jim Lehrer, but government shouldn’t be funding PBS. USA Today reported immediately on the topic — read it here. The report included that there is a @FiredBigBird account, and another humorous tweet – ”I worked with Big Bird. I served with Big Bird. You, sir, are no Big Bird,” The Lance Arthur, @thelancearthur, of San Francisco tweeted.

A very humorous Big Bird for President 2012 page on Facebook launched. Cookie Monster has been suggested as VP. The group had 500 members an hour after the debate ended.

Twitter handle @BigBirdRomney beat that. It had more than 7,000 followers after the debate.

The posts are funny on both FB and Twitter. Sesame Street character photos have humorous captions all related to saving Big Bird. Looks like some mad muppets out there.

Here’s the Sesame Street song. My kids and I learned plenty from Big Bird and the gang.  Long live Big Bird and all the muppets.

Pam Parker is the editor of Lake Erie LifeStyle, Her Times and House to Home at the Erie Times-News in Erie, Pa.