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What do you put in a stocking?

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I never got one of these as a kid so what do you put in them?
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 05-Oct-08 13:28:07
Robert hargreaves Mr. snow
Snow globe
pirates tatoos boys
ballerina pen ( girls) with fluffy top
mood ring.. tell them to keep it happy !
fortune telling fish
fake snow
fair trade dotty dog
fair trade divine coins
rspb bird toy ( they sing)
organic stripy socks
joke book
magnetic marbles
thinking putty
3d drawing pad
funky torch
cookie cutter
stickers

adults ladies
burts bees raspberry lipgloss
relaxer four point massager
burts bee cuticle cream
ruby and millie nail file
four chocolate star truffles
key ring a locket one is lovely
ballet pumps that fold for handbag
mango purse
purple ronnies christmas book

adults men
desk top darts/ desktop bowling
build your own mini cooper
chilli chocolates
grow your own chill/ coffee tree kit
harrys nuts ( harry hills new ones)
Diabolix Bottle opener
mini alcohol
recycled record coasters
Stockings = seasonal food and one small toy (preferably a puzzle type thing) in our house. This started because we have the rule that you can't open presents until everybody is up. If you don't wanna get woken up repeatedly from 4am onwards with begging requests for present opening time now, they can have the food and a little something to keep them distracted while they watch cartoons and you can sleep in a bit later!

Do the same for adults. Although toy more likely to be a tricky puzzle or desk toy.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Oct-08 18:48:15
Torch
Plastic Necklace or Hairbands
Pair pyjamas
Note pad & pen
Chocolate coins
Satsuma
Small wooden puzzle
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Oct-08 10:51:13
We all get stockings here:

Everyone gets:
an Oxfam unwrapped present
satsmas - to be eaten before breakfast
fair trade dried fruit / nuts
fair trade chocolate

Over the years I have stuffed in: [with only DDs]
playmobil figurines
fisher-price roll-a-rounds
crayons
colouring books
cheap dvds from Woolies during their £1 sales
play doh
craft supplies - glue, glitter etc
bath bombs
nail polish
lip gloss
plastic fruit
whoopy cushions [hate them!!!!]

Some stuff is wrapped - such as the playmobil small figurines but not everything

FC does stockings and the 'big' present here. We put the tree up at end of November [dont do live trees] and put presents from relatives under as they arrive esp as grandparents live in Canada. DD1 has never tried to open any. DD2 is now only 2 so we shall see how long this lasts grin
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Oct-08 09:49:56
In our house only the children get stockings, not the adults, and Father Christmas only brings the stocking presents not the under the tree ones.

The stockings have stuff like:

-art and crafts stuff
-Foamy Soap in a can and novelty bath sponge
-Play Mobile/Polly Pocket figure
-socks/pants
-choc coins/Xmas choc lollies
-hair accessories
-silly toy like those squishy/gungey balls, whoopee cushion, fart putty
-books
-gel pens/colouring pencils
-mosaic-type colouring book
-slinky spring
-DD usually has a quartz/crystal type thing (you know, the rough piece, not polished)last year it was a chunk of amethyst
-some sort of glittery/girlie storage pot for DD
-a couple of Matchbox cars for DS

I have to say that the 99p fart putty has consistently been the most popular stocking filler for the past 3 years!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Oct-08 09:36:04
The core 'must haves' are book, CD, DVD.

Then for DS, some packs of whatever the latest phase is for collecting things (so go gos this year)! Then a few sweeties and some hawkins bazaar type things. New gloves. A few sweeties.

For DD, a few smellies from lush (which of course stink the house out)! Maybe some nail varnish. A small claire's accessories voucher. Sweeties.
The stockings are from us and the things on their christmas list are from FC.
I love these threads!

We never had stockings as kids either and one year I decided we should so on Xmas Eve I got 3 of my Dad's socks and hung them over the fireplace to my parent's total panic! I think we just got an orange and some money in them!

My Dad makes up for it now with the grandchildren though - he has a stocking for each of them and FC leaves things for them all.

In our house the stockings and toys under the tree are from FC. Presents from anyone else are from them. DS gets a present from us too.

Have NO ideas for this year as yet though.
I have two DS's (11 & 9), I would usually put in something along the lines of

socks
undies
new pencils/feltips and some sort of colouring thing/activity book
selection box
a small game - last year it was 20Q
top trumps

I hang the bag on the inside of their bedroom door. The boys will get up, get their bags and go into my mum and dad they usually go through the contents sat on my mum and dads bed.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Oct-08 09:06:22
When I was a child during the 1960's, my mum used to fill one of her old nylon stockings for me!!!!! Sadly, with the arrival of nylon tights, I didn't get two legs worth of pressies!
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