Do you all put actual oranges in the toe of stockings?

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We've always put chocolate oranges in the stocking toes, but one of my DC is very lactose intolerant and doesn't want one this year.

I feel a bit mean just putting an orange in hers, but she doesn't like dark chocolate.

Has anyone got any good ideas for what I could put instead?

Santa always puts in a satsuma or tangerine here.

No we go for the ok' chocolate orange. I'm surprised some of the manufacturers haven't come up with a 'free from' version given nowadays the chocolate orange is pretty much a tradition in its own right.

Not the same I know but could you pop a dairy free orange dessert or cake in?

Always a satsuma and and apple in first. Then a handful of chocolate coins plus some small gifts and other sweets.

Always a real satsuma or tangerine - whichever’s in the fruit bowl. My sons just gets returned to the fruit bowl each year after it’s emerged from the stocking but it’s tradition!

Put an orange in them all and then a choc orange further up the stocking for the others and another type of treat in hers.

I don't do either. My mum never did so it hadn't occurred to me. Dds stocking just contains small gifts.

Mine both hate oranges so one gets an apple and the other a banana or raisins. Ds1 gets jellybabies as his sweets and ds2 jellytots. I don't like them having Chocolate in their bedrooms because they will definitely make a mess.

Always an orange, a walnut and a couple of chocolate coins, not that they necessarily get eaten

Asda do nice orange milk chocolate dairy free bar.

Dd’s Stocking just has gifts, I don’t see the point of an orange, it’s not a luxury anymore.

Thanks fissionchips I will head over to Asda and have a look for that.

I could even melt it into an orange shape if I'm feeling enthusiastic (unlikely!)

Sainsbury’s do one too but Asda’s is nicer.

Always a real satsuma or tangerine here, it's the law!

Actual clementines or similar are traditional here. And in my DP’s family they are always accompanied by a wrapped lump of coal as a reminder to be good of for the rest of the year!

Hell no. Taking up chocolate space with fruit would not be well received. The pancreatically-challenged child says chocolate is better than fruit because it has the carb count written on the packet so he knows how much insulin to give himself ....

I second Asda chocolate orange dairy free buttons - so nice!!

Could you get one of those baubles that are clear plastic that you can fill yourself?

I got some dairy free truffles that look like sprouts that are lovely!

Orange jelly slices in a clear bauble.

I always had an orange, so did my children. It was always orange, choc coins, nuts,apple then small unwrapped gifts. That kept them happy until after breakfast, getting dressed and starting on presents under the tree.

mine have a satsuma in their stockings, along with chocolate coins and some little wrapped gifts

At the very toe of the stocking is a hazelnut. Then comes a satsuma, tube of smarties, chocolate coins and then a couple of little gifts ( socks or photo frame or the like)

We always find a real satsuma, but Lush are doing satsuma bath bombs....

Yep mum still puts an orange in ours. It was only recently that I discovered that a lot of people get chocolate oranges!

Always a satsuma in the stocking.

Satsuma or clementine. It's the law in this house.
Might also get a chocolate orange (me from dh) but always the fresh one too.

A satsuma, a handful of nuts in their shells and a lump of coal.

That's what I grew up with in my stocking. I've never done it with my own children though.