(Entertainment-NewsWire.com, November 25, 2015 ) Taylor, MI -- A Christmas stocking is an empty sock or sock-shaped bag that's hung on Christmas Eve so that Santa Claus can fill it with small toys, candy, fruit, coins or other small gifts when he arrives. These small items are often referred to as stocking stuffers or stocking fillers. In some Christmas stories, the contents of the Christmas stocking are the only toys the child receives at Christmas.
There are no written records about the origin of Christmas stockings, but there are several legends surrounding this tradition. The most trustworthy maintains that Saint Nicolas learned about a poor man who couldn't afford to pay a dowry for his three daughters. Saint Nicolas decided to help the man and took three bags of gold with him down the chimney into the man's home. Once inside he found the girls' stockings hanging on the mantelpiece after washing. St. Nicholas added the gold bags to the girls' stockings and then went about his Christmas Eve rounds.
Sometimes the story is told with gold balls instead of bags of gold. That's why three gold balls, sometimes represented as oranges, are one of the symbols for St. Nicholas. This is also the origin of 3 gold balls used as a symbol for pawnbrokers.
As the story spread, children began hanging their own stockings or putting out shoes hoping to receive gifts from St. Nicholas. Usually, they used their own socks but later specially decorated stockings were created for the holiday.
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