In my house the stocking is the only thing that gets opened before breakfast, (Christmas Day in our house is very ‘routine’ and nothing is allowed to steer away from that!)
I have had the same stocking ever since I remember and we always get the same things in our stocking; a chocolate orange, a tube of sweets, some chocolate coins, a piece of stationary and one miscellaneous item.
Only a few years ago whilst discussing this with my boyfriend did I come to realise not every household was the same on Christmas Day. He stopped getting a stocking when he became ‘too old’ and from then I came to find out some of my friends didn’t even have stockings they dove straight into presents when they woke up!
From that moment I made the decision that you are never ‘too old’ for a stocking so would make my boyfriend a stocking every year and fill it just like mine.
Over the years he has opened up the usual chocolate goodies and some fun stuff such as a Transformers stationary set, a Mini key ring, a bottle opener and a mini teddy.
This year I have gone all out on his stocking and as well as the usual chocolate-y goodness I have bought him a giant Santa pencil, 150 stickers, a finger bike and a surprise that nobody knows about.
I am going to try to enforce the rule that his stocking is the only thing he opens before breakfast but I am not convinced this will work, wish me luck!
Do you have a stocking filled on Christmas morning; do you have a stocking for decoration, or do you not have a stocking at all?
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| Window 12 is open |
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| My stocking on the stairs |
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| Ready for his close up |
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