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For the same reason others put stockings out.
Americans put a Christmas tree up and put stockings up and put gifts under the tree
so Santa can put presents under your tree and the stockings are for Santa to put candy and prizes in there and the real point is celebrating Jesus birth
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Ryan Pendergast started it
put up trees with tinsel boabels buy decorations hang them hang stockings put up Christmas cards... hope this helped?:)
People used to hang their stockings over the fireplace to dry and while they were drying they were filled with little gifts and toys from Santa Claus. most of the children wake up and open their stockings first
The first author to mention Christmas stockings in his stories was Clement Clarke Moore in his poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas," also known as "Twas the Night Before Christmas." This poem was published in 1823 and is where the tradition of hanging stockings by the fireplace on Christmas Eve is popularly attributed.
So old St. Nick can put presents in it for the children.
its just a fun little place for santa to put your little goodies
they usually put in bananas and chocolate balls
The stockings go first, and the tree goes last.