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A filled Christmas stocking. A Christmas stocking is an empty sock or sock-shaped bag that is hung on Saint Nicholas Day or Christmas Eve so that Saint Nicholas (or the related figures of Santa Claus and Father Christmas) can fill it with small toys, candy, fruit, coins or other small gifts when he arrives.
The backgrounds of these woodcuts displayed stockings filled with toys and fruit hanging over a fireplace, a scene that resembles the imagery we still associate with Santa today.
Knee highs: Stockings that terminate at or just barely below the knee. Also known as half-stockings, trouser socks, or socks. Matte: Stockings which have a dull or non-lustre finish. Mock seam: A false seam sewn into the back of a seamless stocking. Nude heel: Stockings without reinforcement in the heel area.
On Christmas Eve, the children are told, Santa Claus [5] visits houses placing presents for children under the Christmas tree or in stockings or sacks which are usually hung by a fireplace. In recent decades many new apartments and homes have been built without traditional combustion fireplaces, however with some innovation the tradition persists.
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At $2.75 for 12 Skittles Candy Canes, Dollar General shoppers can easily add a candy cane to everyone’s stocking without stretching their wallet thin — shoppers only pay about 23 cents per ...
A Christmas tree inside a home, with the top of the tree containing a decoration symbolizing the Star of Bethlehem. [18]The Christmas tree was first used by German Lutherans in the 16th century, with records indicating that a Christmas tree was placed in the Cathedral of Strassburg in 1539, under the leadership of the Protestant Reformer, Martin Bucer.
The Legend of the Christmas Spider is an Eastern European folktale which explains one possible origin of tinsel on Christmas trees. It is most prevalent in Western Ukraine , where small ornaments in the shape of a spider are traditionally a part of the Christmas decorations.
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