Well, if you were a naughty child, you could get coal in your stocking, which isn't fun and just plain messy. Also, if Santa Claus gave you chocolate and manderine Oranges, and you only ate the chocolate, the oranges would be pretty gross after a couple of weeks hanging over the fireplace.
Some people may argue that it takes away the true meaning of Christmas. Others might try to convince us that it just spoils the child.
Some colours of a typical Bucilla Christmas stocking are blue and white with bits of red. These stockings can be purchased from: Amazon, eBay, Bucilla Christmas Stocking Kits.
The idea of putting coal in a Christmas stocking is considered to have originated in Italy and though the tradition of hanging stockings is still carried on most people don't put coals in bad children's stockings anymore.
a christmas piranha
Oranges became a Christmas stocking tradition due to their resemblance to gold from the St. Nicholas legend and their rarity as a luxury treat in cold climates
Almost any type of bag can be used as a Christmas stocking holder. A lightweight bag can used and decorated with Christmas themes or tinsel. One could also make a stocking from sheets or fabric material.
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Nigella's Christmas Kitchen - 2006 The Stocking Filler was released on: USA: 2009
To make a Christmas stocking hanger you will need a hook of some sort to hold the stocking where you wish to place it. You will also need some sort of decorations to decorate it.
Stocking fillers for a child at Christmas can be almost anything suitable. Small toys, jigsaws, crayons, colouring books are all small presents that can be easily fitted into the stocking.
a stocking of toys (they sell them at wamart)