Stockings question

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Not originally from the UK so I'm never sure - should presents in the stockings be wrapped as well, or not? Also, do you put in christmassy chocolates (like chocolate santas) or any kind of chocolates (say pack of quality street)?
Thank you x

Wrapped in our house and I put a Terry’s chocolate orange in instead of a traditional orange (dcs don’t like them) and a bag of chocolate coins.

My family never wrapped them; DH's always did. I wrapped them all last year and this year I am not because it is so fiddly and I can't be arsed.

Things we always have:

• satsuma
• chocolate coins
• a magazine

I wrap the nice things and add silly things
Chocolate coins are a must and this year I'm going to put a bag of giant wotsits in too 🤣

Although my teen might be getting a lump of coal if he carries on with his sullen rudeness

For kids? I always scrunched everything in green and red tissue paper. Less risk of paper being identified.

I also took off all labels off everything.

We wrap.
Chocolate coins are essential. And any other small sweets / chocolate they like. Could be festive such as a chocolate Santa but also just a standard lollipop!

We don’t wrap them, I just can’t be bothered too. Lol
and yes we put in sweets/chocolates, this year ds has chocolate coins, fizzy cola bottles, a small candy cane and a tube of white chocolate buttons.

I have this argument with my kids every year (they are teens), I am not wrapping this year as most the items are tiny, fiddly and weird shapes. Also I feel it’s a waste of paper and I’m trying to cut down on waste. Stockings here are mainly sweets, chocolate, fidget toys and bath bombs (nothing more than a few £ a item).

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Stocking requirements / etiquette in my household has always been

• Tangerine always goes in the toe (apparently this is a very common tradition that dates back to Victorian times or longer (??) that was meant to ensure even the poorest children received something for Christmas.

• Gold coins / chocolate balls kind of scattered throughout.

• Some gifts wrapped like a box with earrings (or something a bit more special) in it etc

• Most things unwrapped - things that are usually too tricky to wrap like fancy pens with reindeer on them, etc.

• Always something exciting peaking out of the top of the stocking to show its full and that Santa has been. This is usually a small stuffed toy (this year it's JellyCat Christmas ones). Previously I've done other stuffed toys, foil wrapped chocolate Santas, fluffy Christmas socks draped over the side of the stocking, and when is children were older my mum used to put magazines in for us, so I'll probably do something similar for mine when the time comes.

This here too! Traditionally we got a satsuma, an apple, nuts and a bag of chocolate coins. Then lots of wrapped little toy gifts and chocolates.

Some people wrap, others don’t. Some people only do toys and frivolous gifts; others like to put in things like new toothbrushes and pants.

Personally I’m with wrapped (takes DD longer to open thus giving me more time in bed 🤣), and frivolous small gifts/toys only (even at 11 months baby DD was NOT impressed with bibs and a toothbrush. There’d be ructions if Father Christmas tried putting knickers in a stocking these days!)

You can put in any chocolates you like - chocolate coins are traditional because of the St Nicholas myth - that he threw gold coins into the stockings of three poor young girls that were hanging up to dry or something. But you can stick anything in that fits.

I also always put a soft toy or something similar peeking out of the top!

Everyone does it differently so it really doesn't matter.
We don't wrap, because my parents didn't wrap, and I was always excited to see glimpses of presents through the stocking in the dim light of morning (we always used real stockings). Everything is more exciting when seen through an American tan haze at 5am.
Any old chocolates will do here, sometimes they are Xmas themed sometimes not. Usually I include candy canes and chocolate coins.
We always have a tangerine and a shiny pound coin in the toe. In my day it was a few shiny 2ps, and there were walnuts as well.

I don't wrap, it seems unnecessary to me.

St. Nick (the real person) left money in socks so chocolate coins are a classic in stockings.

Either a real or a chocolate orange is also a tradition (although I don't know why).

You can add anything else you want as you go, apart from chocolate coins (or real coins if you prefer) which is part of the tradition there really arent any rules.

The chocolate 'Santas' you could put in but they are traditionally more for St. Nick day which is December 6th.

I don't wrap stocking fillers.
About half of them are edible and everything under £5.

Thanks everyone! Interesting how it seems there are lots of different traditions actually, depending on the family.

Chocolate coins are essential.
Chocolate coins added to my shopping list!

I don't wrap anything in stocking or from Santa alongside stocking.

Stocking has always included a book, fresh fruit (perfect green apple, perfect red apple, orange, mandarin, perfect yellow banana) and sweets (some kind of chocolate figure, a pack of favourite sweets, or something unusual and hard to get eg. Hersheys etc) - as well as a few fun things and some fun versions of essentials (eg character knickers, hair bobbles with ribbons on them, bamboo toothbrush, foldup tangle teezer hairbrush etc - things that were too frivolous for me to get when younger, and are now more ethical or unusual things she needs now as a teen).

Don’t wrap

Yes to chocolate coins and smarties