Hanging Christmas stockings on mantles as decorations has been a long-standing Christmas tradition in a number of house holds. The stockings are hanged up by each family member, who hopes to find their stocking stuffed up with pre-Christmas gifts and treats. Children popularly hang up their Christmas stockings at the foot of their beds. Usually, when they wake up they will find the stocking stuffed up with sweets or toys. Everyone likes to hang up the socks, because it symbolizes tradition and makes every family member feel like they have a role to play in the special season. Figurines for children, hair accessories for women and cufflinks for men are some of the ideal gifts to stuff up in Christmas stockings. The gifts stuffed up in the socks are a build up to the actual Christmas presents and they make everyone feel special during the entire Christmas season. Christmas stockings are also hung up all around the house, simply as Christmas decorations. The socks can also be hung on the Christmas tree as decorations. You can go for socks with beads and sequin designs, to use as Christmas decorations. Make sure that you store the socks well for the next Christmas season. You can personalize your Christmas stockings by knitting custom sock hangings. Each family member should have their name sewn on their socks and they can also add sequins or any other decorative items to customize their stockings. As previously mentioned, you should store Christmas stockings well to avoid constantly buying new ones every year. After use, launder the socks and stockings well and store them away from reach with other Christmas decorations. Give your family members new Christmas stockings at the beginning of the Christmas season; as the initial gifts they get for the special season. Go for Christmas themed stockings which come in the three popular colors; red, green and white. Incorporate Christmas stockings into Christmas games. For instance, hide several stockings all around the house and have the family members search for them. The family member who gets the most number of the hidden socks is entitled to a special Christmas present. Use the stockings to hold the notes used when playing classic party games such as truth-and-dare. Last but not least, you can hang Christmas stockings on your front door as decorative items. You might just be surprised to find that some of your guests have left special treats and gifts in the front door stocking.
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