Stockings for 18+ children - nuts

[deedee176]

Help me understand how this is a thing. My (25yr old) daughter’s boyfriend (31yrs old!) still gets a ‘stocking’ from his mum, even tho he lives with my daughter and won’t see his mum until a few days after. I buy all three of my children lovely presents, including fancy KC boxers etc. that others might consider stocking presents. But the stocking thing, full of tat, we haven’t done since they weren’t children. Is it just me that thinks only children should get stocking presents from Father Christmas?

Love this @Silvertulips
You've nailed it.

You are my kind of people!

does she actually tell your SIL his stocking is from Santa. Does he believe her?
Santa doesn't do the stocking in this house, it's just a safe place for smaller present.s. Santa brought roller skates. they don't fit in a stocking.

then why do you have a bug up your arse adults getting stockings?

This is quite clearly just an opportunity for you to bitch about the mother of your dd’s bf. Perhaps reflect on why you are jealous of their relationship, or that she seems more fun than you? Regardless, such misery will only lead to you eventually not having to worry about stockings for anyone.

So do your son, husband and father buy you underwear too? Why can’t they buy their own underwear throughout the year instead of relying on you to replace it every year at Christmas? How is this a “gift?” Weird. I just don’t get it.

What’s it to you? You do you boo.

I still do stocking for my grown up dc. No tat, proper gifts, chocolate, books, whatever, saves on wrapping too.

My partner has lovingly put together a stocking for me (and I him) since our first Christmas.
I found out last year that my best friend didn't get her stocking filled so now I sort hers out as well. I didn't want her daughter to see that Santa didn't think of her mum too.
Just a bit of fun, we can all do with a bit more of it.

Since we're apparently poking fun at how other people chose to celebrate, I feel I should share that while I won't be filling any stockings of adults, I will be filling individual stockings for three ducks and four chickens.

It's ridiculous, obviously, but brings my family pleasure and doesn't hurt anyone.

I love this. I admit to having filled stockings for small and large animals myself…

That’s lovely. My flatmate and I did the same for our other flatmate one year after discovering her parents never celebrated Christmas at all which was difficult for her as at her school everybody else did. Her friends would give her little presents which she would have to hide at school so her parents would take them off her 😢
we went all out that year (as much as our student selves could) but stockings, crackers, turkey etc.

she was so happy she cried

we always opened Christmas stockings (dads working socks) on our bed as soon as we woke up. Nothing weird about giving pants either. Teenagers love getting Hugo boss. Just enjoy Christmas and let others enjoy the way they do things. Merry Christmas xx

Well my 18yr old is getting a stocking. Obviously the days of feeding the reindeer and visits to Father Christmas are long gone but I don't see why stockings have to stop.

Blimey I bet you’re a riot at parties.

It’s called having fun, in our family absolutely every single present comes from Santa adults and kids alike, you can tell who “helped Santa choose it” by who hands it to you.

My ds 15 has 2 stockings which hold the smaller gifts which are definitely not tat. He has a watch in one of them, console games and vouchers etc. My adult dc had their smaller gifts in their childhood stockings last year as a nostalgic gift which they absolutely loved..

Chill out Dee. Not everyone does things the same way as you. Sounds like his family likes to keep the tradition going. Why are you mocking that?

I think someone's on the naughty list @deedee176 !

If you woke up at my house on Xmas Day, FC would've visited you in the night. What's more, you'd bloody love it. Absolute best part of Xmas.

Do you not like dds bf? If his mum loves him and wants to do something nice for him that’s ok. I don’t know why it would bother you at all.

I do stockings for my DD’s and dad’s full of little things, but useful- hair bobbles, face masks, lip balm and a 5 pack of black cotton underwear because you always need them (I know their sizes and tastes because they happily peg it on the line when at mine. My Dh happily pays and gets the indulgent chocolate from the local handmade chocolate sho but he leaves the decisions to me. This year they all have moisturiser, just Lidl but they all use it (nearest shop) and they have pj’s each, not matching ones, all have different tastes and my DD’s are quite different in size to his so I get to suit

No one’s claiming adult stockings are from Santa 🙄

I do stockings for anyone staying in my house on Christmas Eve and love doing them. They get opened before breakfast and main presents after breakfast.

there’s no tat in mine: bottle openers, power banks, chocolate, lip masks, earbuds, jewellery, cashmere socks, fancy shampoos and serums all the things my adult DC love but are outside their regular budgets.

My MIL does us a stocking. Even includes me. We are 54, 52 and 50.

My mum only recently stopped doing stockings, I’m 43. My husband and I do each other stockings. The guide for which is 15-30 small and tasteful gifts. His includes nice shortbread, ysl aftershave, an add on pack of game cards, two moleskine notebooks, a mountain whistle, scouring pads.

As I grew up my stocking became more practical and useful, cotton wool pads, new moisturiser, gloves, laundry bits, a nice tea towel. My mum would collect them over the year.

my children’s stockings do not contain tat, we’ve never gone down the “party bag” route.

There are none stockings in my hearth every Christmas and not one child is coming. Daughter 50, SIL 51, DGS 20, DGD 17. DH, my mother aged 94, me and 2 dogs. If anyone else was staying they would get a stocking as well. Not that but useful, mainly inexpensive gifts. The humans all get small box chocolate and gloves, other gifts depend on the person. The women might get ear rings, DGS has a puncture repair kit for his cycle. Dgd might have a card game we would all play in the evening. I do 8 my DH does make me. There is nothing that is that and it; s a once a year bit of fun. I still do the whole Christmas day thing (age 73) When I don't feel like doing it anymore and go to DDs I will (probably) stop the stockings but until then it's a tradition we all love 😀

nine stockings ...not none 🤣🤣