Typical British Stocking

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my BIL is bringing his GF (late 20s) to Christmas this year, and she loves Christmas. I am looking to make her a “typically British” stocking, what would you put in it?

Do you know her well?
if not, I’d put in:

chocolate coins
fluffy socks
small candle
bath bomb or shower steamer
hand cream/body lotion/lip balm or similar
maybe something like earrings or alcohol or something related to a hobby or interest she has.

I think it’s very difficult if you don’t know the person, but much easier if you can adapt to their tastes!

Not at all unfortunately, my BIL lives abroad so this will be our first time meeting her.
She is particularly excited to have a “British Christmas” so I’m thinking it would be good to get her things that fit that

Shortbread
chocolate santa
chocolate coins
pair of Xmas fluffy slipper socks with grips on bottom - she can wear whilst visiting if cold.

A key ring with a trolly token attached

So do you want 'a stocking full of typically British things' or 'a stocking representative of what people in Britain would normally get in their stocking'?

The variation in the 2nd would be quite wide!

For the 1st, I would suggest tea, cheese (these are cute https://www.wensleydale.co.uk/cheddar-santa-90g-p240 ), maybe some notelets from somewhere like the Bodleian?

A satsuma
chocolate coins

My parents always put those miniature glass jars of jam in mine… not sure if that’s British or just them! Marmalade would be very British though.

Chocolate coins
Novelty Socks
Tangerine
Copy of small toys / book

Is she visiting from somewhere warm?

If so, I'd include chocolate coins, a satsuma, fairisle socks, some gloves, some hot chocolate and marsh mallows.

I’d put in
chocolate orange
net of chocolate coins
bag of nuts
lightweight foldable umbrella
Rimmel or Boots lip gloss
Novelty socks or slipper socks with British design (Paddington bear, London bus, black cab, post box sort of thing)
Packet of biscuits
Good quality teabags
Local to you speciality things to eat or Yorkshire pudding mix, nice jar jam, marmalade or Boxing Day chutney
Chocolate Santa and stick of rock poking out the top.

If they are travelling back there may be luggage space and weight considerations.

A satsuma in the toe, and a chocolate Father Christmas and a cracker poking out of the top.
Chocolate coins
Bag of gingerbread men (M&S sell these)
Jar of honey, local if possible
Box of tea
Lavender soap/handcream
Pair of woolly gloves and a woolly hat if she lives some where warm
Fun Christmas earrings

It's not Christmas for DD in her eyes unless she gets nuts and a satsuma in her stocking along with most things already mentioned

As a main present

Christmas PJs would be fun and some earrings from Pandora because they come in a cute box and bag and are very British

A Christmas mug, perhaps The Snowman or Emma Bridgewater robins
Old fashioned sweets like mint humbugs, Pontefract cakes or Everton toffee

My parents are sponsoring an Ukrainian family who were so excited to see a British Christmas last year! One of the things my mother gave them was a “bag of coal” (honeycomb chocolates) they thought it was absoloutely brilliant (once we explained what it meant!)

I would say some socks, a tangerine, gold coins and a chocolate Santa is also 100% necessary! Perhaps a traditional glass bauble also? (By the way so lovely of you OP to make such an effort, I’m sure she will feel so welcome)

Chocolate coins, satsuma, socks, nice moisturiser, lip gloss or nail varnish, toblerone or chocolate Santa, and then a small sized gift she'd like.

individual xmas pudding
paint your own Xmas decoration
diary
pens
notepad
tunnock teacakes
chocolate fingers
turkish delight
cadburys coins/santa

have a look round primark, b&m, pound shop

Chocolate orange
Tree decoration
Mini tube of hand cream
Lip salve
A tin of tea - TK Maxx are good for that
Definitely Fluffy socks
Shortbread

Satsuma, chocolate coins, cheddar truckle, chocolate Santa, Christmas joke book, medulla dates, card game, socks, Woolly hat

Bottle of Babycham. We got this in ours in the 80s as kids! Our mum wasn’t a drinker and quite sensible about things yet this was not questioned at all.

Also:
Clementine
Chocolate coins
Pretty writing pencils
Nuts
Little card game
Bubble bath

where she is from?

A satsuma, walnuts (I don't know why, we just did), a book, some chocolate to eat while reading the book, something frivolous or funny.

@Amimaimia

I've never heard of the bag of coal thing and no one I know has ever done this.

I googled it and it's given to naughty DC.

I live in the SE so maybe it's a northern thing. Although no one northern or Welsh or Irish I know has ever done this. I haven't asked anyone Scottish.

@HappiDaze i don’t know anyone who’s ever done it but always heard of it as the “threat” that if you end up on the naughty list you’ll only get a lump of coal. It’s why there’s often a few gag coal-rep lated sweets/chocolates/bath bits in the shops around Christmas. I’m from London but my mum grew up in the North, but the stuff in the shops suggests it’s not regional.

Yes, it’s similar to “If you’re not good. Santa won’t come”. If you’re not good, all you’ll get is a lump of coal in your stocking.

The actual confectionary coal is a newish phenomenon though I think.

Agree, this is a pretty important distinction.