an overflowing cookie jar
For some, a cookie jar is a symbol of a warm home, a comfortable kitchen.
There is a young children's game named "Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?". The game involves going on a ryhythmic beat in which the accuser calls out the named of the accused to which they either deny or come fowards to admitting stealing from the cookie jar. The game may last until the the right person is found.
"Caught with a hand in the cookie jar" means caught in the act, as in a child caught taking a cookie when he or she wasn't supposed to have one.
Considerations
- attractive
- protects from pests
- keeps the cookies from going stale as quickly as they would if just left out in the open