Holland- and the wooden shoes ( Bolzenboot_ or something like that) are used, in real life they are mainly folk custom and ceremonial , though would be watertight- many boats have wooden hulls- and look at the canals in the Netherlands.
In the Italian Navy, officers would leave their shoes outside their cabins at night. deckhands were assigned the task of shining the shoes. I do not know if this had anything to do with Christmas. one might call it operation bootlicker.
Holland (The Netherlands) the children leave out the clogs - wooden shoes - instead of stockings.
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Socks and undies
It is known that children find coal in their stocking from Santa if they are not good.
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Depends on santa what fruit he want to put in the stocking::)
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Well my mama told me that Santa has a magic key to open every-body's door and places the presents carefully under the tree/In a stocking and then leaves the house in peace
Absolutely!
Santa is not real. I figured hat out by my self last Christmas morning. when we were opening stockings. My sister and brother got some candy canes it was the same ones in my stocking.
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You put presents in the stockings and "Santa" puts them under the tree.
Prep and Landing Stocking Stuffer Operation Secret Santa - 2010 TV was released on: USA: 7 December 2010
yes because i found it in my stocking and my parents did'nt get it for me!