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A
Personalized Christmas Stocking - The Perfect
Gift
A Christmas stocking is an
empty sock or shaped bag that children (and
adults) hang up on Christmas Eve so that Santa
Claus can fill it with small toys, candy,
fruit, coins, and other small gifts. These are
called stocking fillers or stuffers. Tradition
claims that a child who has misbehaved during
the year will only receive lumps of coal in
his/her stocking. Usually Christmas stockings
are "hung by the chimney with care," but if a
fireplace chimney is not available, the
Christmas stockings may be hung anywhere. Santa
will find them!
In the beginning, children
used one of their own socks or stockings for a
Christmas stocking, but today specially-created
stockings are used. Stores carry an almost
unlimited variety of styles and sizes. Many
families make their own and put names on to
make sure Santa will know whose stocking is
whose. A perfect gift for Christmas is a
personalized Christmas stocking!
Three Ways To Personalize A
Christmas Stocking
Each personalized Christmas
stocking should have the owner's name or
initials on it. You can needlepoint a monogram,
sew on store-bought initials, or use a sewing
machine to monogram or appliqu the name. Or,
you can use calligraphy to put the name on. You
can add a "gift tag" to each personalized
Christmas stocking with the name. (Make them
from cardboard or use large, laminated tags
meant for gifts.)
The second way to
personalize a Christmas stocking is by its
attributes. You can sew a pocket on the outside
for small items. You can use appliqus,
rick-rack, lace, or pearls and beads to
decorate it. You can use a different kind of
fabric beside traditional felt, such as
needlepoint, gingham, silk, patchwork, or
knitted wool.
The third way to personalize
a Christmas stocking is to link it to the
owner's likes, hobbies, or occupation, etc. A
man's stocking could be made in the shape of a
work boot or sewn from plaid flannel with a
pocket on the front. Use an old shirt. A
woman's Christmas stocking can be in the shape
of a nylon, or bustier made from silk.
A gardener's stocking could
be made from burlap. An executive's stocking
could be made from striped shirting with a tie
in front. What about one in the shape of roller
blades?
How about a bone shape for
dogs? Or make a paw print for cats. A sports
lover could have a tennis racket-shaped
stocking. For a teacher, make an apple. For a
cook, how about a large pot holder?
For children, the same types
of ideas will work. For a baby, sew two bibs
together. For a little boy, create a baseball
or basketball; for a little girl, create a
pretty dress stocking.
Each gift sewn with love is a gift that will be
treasured for generations.
This article was submitted
by Jen Carter. Why not track Santa with the
kids this year?
Or to write your own Santa
letters, visit free sample letters from
Santa.
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