Stockings - when do you stop ?

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DS1 is 9 but I suspect has sussed out father Christmas. DS2 is 5 and is still bought in. When do you stop ?

I don't remember stockings by the time I was at secondary school. My brother is 4 years younger so I think he got stockings when I didn't.

What's the norm ? Not that it really matters what anyone else does, but it's useful to know what DS1's mates might be going through

I still do them for DC and nephew and their partners (if they have them at the time )- they're all in their 20s. And now DD does one for us too!

It's their favourite part of the gift-giving. I also still do advent calendars, hand sewn ones they've have had since they were little where you fill the pockets with foil-wrapped Christmas character chocolates. And they still diligently eat just the one chocolate each day, just before breakfast.

Tradition!

Phew.... was worried I was going to be the only mid 30's recipient, I know my DM loves doing them, and as DP 's have joined the family they get one too, as well as DSC. Even the Dogs gets something!

Christmas socks, santa pens, festive soap, seasonal sweeties, winter hats, she somtimes gets us matching things as well which will be worn later in the day when we are pissed as farts slightly squiffy!

my lovely mum carried on until she died when I was 19. even though I was clearly past the age of believing she'd still set an alarm and sneak in into my room in the wee small hours. it was my favourite bit of Christmas.

she'd put in mascara, booze miniatures, little shower gels, socks, stationery, and gift vouchers.

Do you do your own or do you get your partner (substitute appropriate person here) to do yours ? I found sunflowers seeds.... I'd be happy if my stocking had seeds in it all with some chocolate.

I'm 29 and dsis is 25, my parents still do us stockings, but now also have to do them for dh too !

I got one until I moved in with dp (at 27).

By that age Father Christmas tended to sneak the stocking under the end of my duvet well before my bedtime while I was at the pub on Christmas Eve. I would pretend I hadn't noticed it til the morning.

Yep still do them. Its fun for everyone to open a little stocking with wrapped gifts. Just put in stuff you know they'll like. The type of stuff you put in it will change as they get older. When I was young I got silly, fun things or little easy craft activities to keep us occupied until a reasonable time. Now I get a lush bath bomb or fun socks. I am doing my husband one this year and am giving him some chocolate stuff, CDs, little flaviar tasting bottles of whiskey and the fun stuff- a tiny chima crocodile lego set which matches the lion chima lego set I'm giving my 4 year old ds. They play lego together so they can do this on christmas morning before the tree presents. And also a tiny marvel top trumps set (again to play with ds)

My hushand is rubbish at doing stockings, my sister is doing mine this year for me.

I mostly do my own stocking! I usually buy myself something from Boots on the half price offer and take it out of the packaging and put it in the stocking. This year I'm going for Sanctionary stuff. If DH has bought something small enough then it will go in but usually for some reason the things he buys are too big to go in. DM might see something to go in it too, but I think in our house the stockings are really for the benifit of the DC as we open them together and they always want to see what we have too.

still do a stocking for DS(11), its mainly stuff like

pjs
pants
socks
books
iTunes
wallet
wash bag
Lindt santa