Christmas Stocking

A big THANK YOU goes to DebP for suggesting this swap!

For this swap, we will be making or buying one fun stocking for our swap partner. The stocking should be at least 10 inches long (not the minnie, can't fit anything in size) and be bright and cheerful. Some on-line stores that carry stockings all year long are Etsy, Lands Ends, Bronners, and Overtock.

To make the stocking, here are some free pattern links:

Sewing
Sewing-Easy
Knitting
Crochet
Quilted-Easy

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The tradition of the Christmas stockings began by a story told since ancient time about a kind noble man who had three daughters. The wife of the nobleman expired and the daughters and their father were left in a state of sorrow. The daughters had to do all the work in the house. When the daughters became young and eligible for marriage, the poor father could not afford to give the huge dowries to their husbands.

One evening the daughters, after washing their stockings hung them near the fire place to be dried. Santa Claus being moved by the plight of the daughters came in and put in three bags of gold one in each of the stocking hanging by the chimney. The next morning the family noticed the gold bags and the nobleman had enough for his daughter’s marriage. The daughters got married and they lived happily ever after. Since then children have been hanging Christmas stockings.