21 Inch Red Plush Holiday Stocking

The red plush and white cuff snow-tex Christmas stockings
are 21 inches long that includes the 2 inch red plush hanger loop. This white soft snow-tex Christmas stocking is decorated with red, green and gold lace trim. The stocking has a 4.5 inch white snow-tex cuff. The body of the stocking is made of Christmas red plush pile fir fabric. Select this link to view all of our Christmas stockings.

The Dove: The species commonly referred to just as the "pigeon" is the feral Rock Dove. Their nests are made of sticks, and the two white eggs are incubated by both sexes. Doves feed on seeds, fruit. Unlike most other birds, doves and pigeons produce crop milk, which is secreted by a sloughing of fluid-filled cells from the lining of the crop. Both sexes produce this highly nutritious substance to feed to their young.
White doves are a traditional symbol of love and peace. A dove was supposed to have been released by Noah after the flood in order to find land. It came back carrying an olive branch, telling Noah that, somewhere, there was land. A dove with an olive branch has come to symbolize peace. Select this link to view our Christmas tree skirt.

The Christmas Candle: One of the most symbolically rich customs of Christmas Eve was the Christmas candle, a large white candle representing Christ. In Ireland, a Christmas candle was decorated with holly. It would burn through the night and be relit on each of the twelve nights of Christmas. The entire family would pray before the candle for their living and departed loved ones. In England and Ireland the Christmas candle often consisted of three individual candles molded together in honor of the Trinity, while in Germany a highly decorated pyramid of smaller candles called a Weihnachtspyramide was used.

Lights in the Window: An Irish custom during Christmastide was putting lights in the window. This practice originated during the times of persecution, when Mass had to be held in secret. Faithful Irish believers would place a candle in the window on Christmas Eve as a sign to any priest who happened by that this home was a safe haven in which Mass could be offered. When interrogated by the British about the meaning of this practice, the Irish replied that the lights were an invitation for Joseph and Mary to stay the night. Unthreatened by this supposed superstition, the British left them alone. Select this link to view our artificial prelit christmas trees.

The Nutcracker Story: It's Christmas at the Stahlbaum home. There' s a huge tree, and many guests arrive to celebrate with the family. Clara's godfather, Herr Drosselmeyer, makes magical toys. He entertains the guests with two life sized dolls that dance around the room. Then he gives gifts to the children, and gives Clara a very special gift of a nutcracker. Her brother, Fritz, is jealous, grabs the nutcracker and it gets broken! Clara is very upset, so Herr Drosselmeyer repairs the doll before handing it back to her..
Soon after, all the guests leave and the children go to bed. Clara gets up in the night and goes downstairs to get her nutcracker from under the tree. She falls asleep there, and is transported into Christmas fantasy where her nutcracker has grown to the size of a human. When the Mouse King attacks, the Nutcracker Prince tries to valiantly defend young Clara, but is struck down in the battle. Clara in turn saves her Nutcracker Prince by throwing her shoe at the Mouse King and defeating him.
With the nasty Mouse King out of the way, Clara runs to the Nutcracker Prince. When she kisses him, he turns into a human! Then she and her Prince are whisked away through the Enchanted Forest, where they see dancing snowflakes and other wonders. Then they travel further to the Kingdom of Sweets.

Christmas Tinsel: From the French word sentinels meaning to sparkle. The English shortened it to tinsel where it became a kind of cloth made of silk or satin woven with strands of gold or silver. The legend is that spiders loved to decorate the ch4ristmas trees, but their cobwebs could only be seen from the ground, so they covered the entire tree with cobwebs. When the Christ child came to bless the tree, he touched the webs and they turned to silver. Select this link to view our artificial christmas trees for sale.