(Entertainment-NewsWire.com, November 25, 2015 ) Taylor, MI -- In many families, it's a long-standing tradition to hang Christmas stockings for every member of the family. In some houses even the pets have their own stockings. Christmas stockings are usually oversized socks that are personalized with a name and filled with toys, candy, and small gifts, often called stocking stuffers.
While there are no written records of the origin of the Christmas stocking, there are many popular legends that attempt to tell the history of this Christmas tradition. One such legend is derived from the Germanic/Scandinavian figure Odin. Children would place their boots, filled with carrots, straw or sugar near the chimney for Odin's flying horse, Sleipnir, to eat. Odin would reward those children for their kindness by replacing Sleipnir's food with gifts or candy.
Since then children have been hanging Christmas stockings or putting out shoes, eagerly awaiting gifts from Santa Claus. Originally, children used one of their everyday socks but over time special Christmas stockings were created for this purpose.
Christmas stockings have also become a popular homemade craft. Some families design unique stockings for each family member stitching the name of the family member on the stocking so Santa knows which stocking belongs to which family member.
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