Dutch children leave out wooden shoes to be filled.
In France, children leave shoes by the fireplace on Christmas Eve so that Pere Noel (the French version of Santa Claus) can fill them with presents while they are asleep.
Stockings in the US, shoes in countries where St. Nicholas fills those.
Traditionally, they leave out wooden shoes.
Their shoes.
Pere Noel, or Father Christmas, is the bringer of gifts to boys and girls in France. Traditionally, children leave their shoes by the fireplace, filled with carrots and treats for Pere Noel's donkey, before they go to bed. When they wake up in the morning, Pere Noel will have exchanged the treats for presents, providing the children were well-behaved. Traditionally, the presents are small enough to fit inside of the shoes.
Nothing at all! Santa Claus does not come to Dutch children, so they don´t need the stocking. They get presents on December 5th from a Santa-lookalike called Sinterklaas and he puts presents in shoes
They leave it outside there doorstep and then there santa puts presents or coal in itThey place their shoes on the doorstep, and in the secret of the night , the three wise man pass leaving gifts.
Traditionally the presents are put in their shoes
Leaving wooden shoes, or sabots, outside is a Christmas tradition. In America, why do people hang up their stockings? Because it is a way of receiving small presents. Some traditions say that Santa Claus, or Saint Nicholas places small presents in the children's' shoes. Others say that its the Three Kings. But in all versions, kids leave their shoes out so they can wake up in the morning and find their shoes full of small gifts.
French children used to put their shoes by the chimney - or under the Christmas tree. The following morning they would find the presents next to their shoes. There is no tradition of leaving something (like milk) by the chimney for 'le Père Noël' (Santa)
French children traditionally put their shoes in front of the fireplace on the evening of December 5th for Saint Nicholas Day, not Christmas. This tradition dates back to the 13th century when Saint Nicholas would leave gifts for children in their shoes.