This very Exquisite Velvet Stocking is 19 inches long. The myrtle green cuff has plenty of room for you to add your own personalization. The body of the stocking is falu red with a very intricately designed gold bow, holly, poinsettia and gold bell with an actual one inch diameter gold metal clapper bell. There are two red poinsettias stitched in red and outlined with small red, green and yellow green beads. The bow is fine meshed ribbon outlined with wide gold braid and decorated in the center with gold and red beads and sequins. The bell done with the same gold ribbon background overlaid with gold sequins, green, gold and red bugle beads and smaller red and green beads and outlined with the same gold braid. The holly is off white ribbon overlaid with green and red beads and gold sequins and outlined with gold braid. The bell clapper hangs from the gold braid at the bottom of the bell. Select this link to view our Christmas Stockings.
Jingle Bells.
Jingle Bells is a winter carol written by James L. Pierpoint, that was originally entitled ‘One Horse Open Sleigh’. It was written for an 1857 Sunday School program in New York City. Pierpoint served with the Confederate cavalry in the American Civil War and was the uncle of financier J.P.Morgan. Select this link to view our Christmas Tree Skirt.
What are Christmas Stockings?
Christmas stockings originated in Germany, and involve hanging an empty sock or sock shaped bag on Christmas Eve for Santa to fill with special small gifts. These small items are often referred to as stocking stuffers. In some cases the contents of the stocking might be the only gifts a child will receive for Christmas. Stockings are hung at the foot of the child’s bed, on the fireplace mantle or sometimes lined around the base of the Christmas tree. Select this link to view our Christmas Stocking Holders.
The types of gifts usually placed in the stocking include, a piece of favorite food, fruit or treat, small toys or doll, bubble bath or cologne, crayons, coloring books.
Originally, children used one of their everyday socks, but today stores carry a tremendous variety of styles and sizes of Christmas stockings, from small and conservative, to long and stretchy, to gigantic. Select this link to view our Santa Claus Hats.
Many families create their own Christmas stockings with each family member's name applied so that Santa will not be confused about which stocking belongs to which family member. Select this link to view our Elf and Pixie Costumes.