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Christmas stockings; to match or not?

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Tinkersaur · 07/10/2020 14:37

I have a little dilemma and honestly everyone I've asked in real life just says it my choice 😒
Me and DH have 3 kids DS, DD1 and DD2, after DD1 was born, and it was DS' first Christmas where he would start to understand things, I got us all personalised stockings that were different but all had similar designs so they matched without being identical.
Now heres the dilemma, 2 years later DD2 makes a surprise appearance and no matter how hard I try I cannot find a similar stocking that would "match" in to ours.
So do I get her an indentical one to her big sister, or get a different design that won't fully "match" in with ours?
I've tried to find a similar one but all the ones I've seen aren't close enough to fit in

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shash1982 · 07/10/2020 14:51

If it were me then I would get the identical one so she doesn't feel different as she gets older.
You could maybe sew a couple of bells onto the top to make it individual but still tie in with the rest of the families?

FedUpWithItAllWeep · 07/10/2020 15:07

I'd also get the identical one on the basis that you have a Mummy one, daddy one, son one and daughter one so it makes sense she would get a daughter one iyswim (although part of me is annoyed with that idea as it feels like it buys in to gender stereotyping).

There is a third option I guess which is everyone gets a new one this year....

Lockdownhairdontcare · 07/10/2020 15:29

Either the same as her sister’s or all new x

Thehollyandtheirony · 07/10/2020 15:36

Find someone who sews to order and commission one the same as the others.

TW2013 · 07/10/2020 15:38

I would go with finding someone who can make one.

Tinkersaur · 08/10/2020 11:38

Thanks all, since they all have their names on, it seems a waste to go out and get all new again.
I might just go for an identical one to her big sister and then as suggested above add bells or something to make them just a tad different

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Etinox · 08/10/2020 11:40

This is madness! Get a new stocking, it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t match Confused

Ninkanink · 08/10/2020 11:47

Yes, get an identical one and just customise it slightly. You can get teeny tiny jingle bells off eBay, for example.

PracticingPerson · 10/10/2020 07:27

@Etinox

This is madness! Get a new stocking, it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t match Confused
I'm in this camp, I don't understand why it needs to match, so long as it isn't half the size!
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