NBR-Stockings

kcluna · November 2012

Hi, it might be a silly question but Im new at the stocking thing (never used it before) but want to start the tradition with LO now that shes 18m. Are you supposed to wrap the presents in the stockings or no? if yes, do you wrap the candy?

Thanks

mum2monkees · November 2012

We don't wrap the stuff in the stockings, we put things like new toothbrushes, silly socks, hair tyes, crayons, and usually a santa chocolate bar.

SarahKate31 · November 2012

I don't think there's a hard and fast rule on this. Growing up, our stockings always had wrapped gifts in them. But stockings we get from ILs have unwrapped gifts inside (yes, ILs still give us stockings - from Santa).

ishka338 · November 2012

We do both. We usually wrap things like socks or small toys, but not candy or gift cards. Now that we're older, we usually get lottery cards and a gift card and some candy. (yes, at 29 & 30 years old, we still do Santa at my parents' house Christmas morning) Embarrassed

ishka338 · November 2012

SarahKate31:
I don't think there's a hard and fast rule on this. Growing up, our stockings always had wrapped gifts in them. But stockings we get from ILs have unwrapped gifts inside (yes, ILs still give us stockings - from Santa).

I read your post after I posted mine. I guess we both have the same feelings about doing Santa still Wink

kcluna · November 2012

Thanks ladies, I will wrap the fun stuff for LO (Minnie squirties, crayons, playdough) and not wrap the candy nor the necessities.

Also for DH, i wont tell him what to do, so lets hope he puts SOMETHINg for me in there, wrapped or not, hehe

SarahKate31 · November 2012

ishka338:
SarahKate31:
I don't think there's a hard and fast rule on this. Growing up, our stockings always had wrapped gifts in them. But stockings we get from ILs have unwrapped gifts inside (yes, ILs still give us stockings - from Santa).

I read your post after I posted mine. I guess we both have the same feelings about doing Santa still

We get lottery tickets, candy, an apple and an orange (family tradition apparently) and one small gift. My own parents (I mean, Santa) quit giving us stockings when we were around 20.

Wulfgar · November 2012

It depends on what you are putting into the stockings, I have seen and had small gifts that were wrapped in stockings in the past but most things that go into the stockings don't need wrapped.

My parents use to put oranges and nuts into our stockings when we were young. My MIL handles her immediate family's stockings including her dad's and our family's so we don't do one here ( if my parents join us at ILs place she does ones for them also).

vanessa999 · November 2012

We don't wrap any of the gifts on our stockings. I never did them growing up but DH did and when we started dating we gave each other stockings so we've never wrapped anything inside them.

mesr · November 2012

embarrassingly, i thought this post was going to be about stockings like the kind you wear with garter belts... Embarrassed

MommaA117 · November 2012

we do. Only because it prolongs the gift opening experience, which is kind of dumb because in our house the other Santa giftd are unwrapped. We do use a different "Santa" paper though.

chuicafina · December 2012

mesr:
embarrassingly, i thought this post was going to be about stockings like the kind you wear with garter belts...

Bahahaha!

We don't wrap stocking stuffers unless they're a more obvious shape, like a CD. Up until this year, we've always done Christmas morning at my parents house even after we got married. This year we've decided to stay put for Christmas morning and spend it just the three of us, so I'm sure we'll still do stockings but they'll just be from one another instead of a few little things from mom, dad and DH.

kimbo1216 · December 2012

Growing up, our stocking stuffers were never wrapped. IMO, wrapped stuff goes under the tree. Big unwrapped stuff is from Santa. And little unwrapped stuff goes int he stocking. But that's just what we've always done.

kimbo1216 · December 2012

mesr:
embarrassingly, i thought this post was going to be about stockings like the kind you wear with garter belts...

bahahahaha!!!!!!!

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