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would you take stockings to your adult offspring who have moved out?

77 replies

MrsLargeEmbodied · 05/12/2021 09:30

is that OTT

actually going to DS for christmas
did not plan on making him up a stocking
but would anyone?

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TheChosenTwo · 05/12/2021 17:47

I got one until i was 8 and worked out ‘the truth’. After that, I didn’t get one.
My dc are 17,16 and 10 and say the best bit of Christmas presents are their stockings (which are actually sacks). It gets harder to fill them now but I absolutely love choosing all the things to go in them.
I suggested it may stop when they’re 18, the suggestion didn’t go down well!
I don’t know where I’d stand on visiting them when they’re adults in their own home at Christmas, I think I’d be inclined to stop when they move out and set up home but who knows what will happen when the time comes. They’re bloody expensive; that’s all I know Grin

pinkksugarmouse · 05/12/2021 17:52

DD is 19 and lives with her Dad. I am considering doing her one because she stays with me and her Stepdad for a few days until the 23rd so we do an early Christmas. Her dad always has her on Christmas Eve/Day because he gets so little time off work. He doesn’t do her a stocking but they have other little traditions.

I think it’s okay to do a stocking for anyone to do up a stocking for anyone they want to.

FindingFlorestan · 05/12/2021 17:53

No.
Draw a line under home Christmases of childhood.

Christmasiseverywere · 05/12/2021 17:55

I think I’ll stop once they move out, I’ll still do it while at uni

BigRedDuck · 05/12/2021 18:00

My mum stopped doing mine when I moved out at 19.
I trained DH to do me one instead Grin I try to remember to do my parents a stocking each year now. My gramps is also getting one this year as we are spending Christmas with him for the first time in 15 years Xmas Smile

gogohm · 05/12/2021 18:03

Yes, of course. My mum still gives me one too

Nearlytheretrees · 05/12/2021 18:09

Mine will get one until they might move out, only sweets and chocolate in ours though

MrsPleasant · 05/12/2021 18:13

I do one for my 78yo dad. It's just a little thing that makes it all seem a bit more fun.

augustusglupe · 05/12/2021 18:15

My best friend made her DS and my DD stockings when they were about 4. It's a big sack really and i'll use it forever.
DD is 33 now and she's still single and is coming for Christmas. She always has her stocking and when she gets a home of her own I'll do the same.
I lost my parents when I was fairly young and I love her having everything I didn't.

Just10moreminutesplease · 05/12/2021 18:17

I never had a stocking, all gifts went under the tree. I’d love it if my mum brought me one though! Grin

endlesswinter · 05/12/2021 18:30

We do them for everyone who stays at our house, mil was a little taken aback the first year.

Longbarn5 · 05/12/2021 18:38

I do stocking for all who are going to be at our house on Christmas morning but I wouldn't do if I was visiting them. We always host at tge moment though

educatingrati · 05/12/2021 18:48

Yes I would, and my mum used to do me one. She passed away earlier this year so it's going to be a bit of a tough Christmas this year. Dc now old enough to know that it's mummy Christmas rather than Father Christmas Grin and now they are older we will carry on the tradition my mum started which is maximum spend of £12.00 and has to come from a charity shop! (Mum was big on charity, and big on reusing/ recycling! She was also ace at finding gifts, many years ago she found me a silver bracelet at a charity shop, it's very simple but I absolutely love it).

Whatwouldnanado · 05/12/2021 18:56

Anyone who stays overnight here gets a stocking. Best fun was when dmil was alive. At the age of 86 she was up with the kids at 7am and jumped in our bed with them to open the presents.

downtonupton · 05/12/2021 19:12

IMO whoever is hosting Christmas sorts out the stockings... so DS should be doing one for you

Datsandcogs · 05/12/2021 19:15

My DC are still children but beyond believing, they still get a stocking. I expect to always buy them similar, but when they become parents the way it is presented may have to be adapted.

Scarby9 · 05/12/2021 19:22

Yes!
My parents are 86 and 87 and we do them stockings every year - have done from the age of about 15, when we surprised them with their first.
My brother, sister and I all get stockings from my parents - sorry, Father Christmas - although the contents are now very random as my mum has dementia and my dad has always been clueless on gift buying. Last year my stocking had 8 different hand creams in plus a brightly coloured pan scrubber (which they thought was a face flannel). My SIL got all chocolates and a pan scrubber.
We all love a stocking.

HaaaaaveyoumetTed · 05/12/2021 20:06

My mum does!

LostInTheColonies · 05/12/2021 20:23

Everyone gets a stocking, regardless of whose house we are at for Xmas! And everyone else puts little presents in them. Every single person gets a toothbrush and nuts, and DDad (84) always ends up with a bar of Pears soap. The stockings go around the fire, rather than on beds, so all need to be labelled with the recipient's name (or the wrong person might end up with the soap...).

marriednotdead · 05/12/2021 20:37

My DCs are both adults, they have made it clear that they would like me to continue with stockings until I am physically incapable. One is married with DCs of their own Grin

TangerineLimes · 05/12/2021 20:43

My mum did for years for her children into our thirties but stopped when grandchild arrived and now only does for him.

I think it's really up to you.

Sn0tnose · 05/12/2021 21:07

I think it would very much depend on whether or not he has a partner. They might decide to start their own tradition of doing each other a stocking and it might seem a little odd if you bring him a second one, or one for him and not his partner.

If he’s on his own, then no, I probably wouldn’t. Especially if he has never seemed bothered about it.

daisyjgrey · 06/12/2021 07:42

Me and my sister are early 30's and we've had stockings from our parents our whole lives. Mum also does them for our partners Smile

Dillidilly · 06/12/2021 08:45

Uni child of course gets a stocking, and whichever other adult child (and spouse/partner) is staying here for Christmas gets one too.

IamGusFring · 06/12/2021 10:14

Of course 😁