A Question About Stockings?

[ImagineerM]

Okay DISers...a Question about stockings.

What does santa put in your stockings every year?

I come from a family where santa leaves small gifts in the $5-10 range, gift cards, candy, and sometimes necessary items (i.e. socks/underwear)

My fiancee comes from a family where santa leaves knick-knack gifts, silly gifts, things you get from the dollar store of dollar aisle at target.

Just curious what your customs are -- I'm getting ready to go buy stocking stuffers for my fiancee, so I'm curious what you all do.

Cheers,
Josh

 

[Lintasare]

My family doesn't do stockings but a friend of mine and I do. We typically put in cute little things we find in the dollar store or other stores. For example last year she got puzzles, a book , a teddy bear, some Silly Putty, some of that silly string stuff, bubbles and those little capsules you put in water and they turn into sponge shapes. And of course there are the wrapped main gifts.

 

[Trish Bessette]

I am probably the worst one to reply as I spend big bucks on my DD's stockings. It doesn't help that they are HUGH to begin with. This year each stocking will hold one of their "bigger" gifts. DD-14 will have her Canon digital camera and DD-11 will have her Nintendo DS Lite with 5 games. Other things in there are: Makeup, iTunes gift cards, Starbucks gift cards, hair accessories, jewelry, cards, gloves, webkins clothes, DVD's, that sort of stuff.

We don't open our stockings until the end of Christmas Day. It is so nice to have that to look forward to at the end of the day.

 

[Faerie]

My DBF's stocking is stuffed already. There is:

GC for McD's, Arby's and Dunks
Shave gel
razor blades
Miami Dolphins coozie
Miami Dolphins marti gras beads
iPod shuffle
candy
Ctl+Z stress ball

Something else I can't remember

 

[ducklite]

As a child we got an orange, tooth brush and toothpaste, a few candies and a couple small, inexpensive toys, or as we got older lip gloss or aftershave lotion, etc.

DH's family is much the same.

I generally put the same types of things into DH and DS's stockings--minus the orange. This year DS is getting gift cards to Blockbuster, Subway, McDonalds, and Hot Topic, as well as some toiletries and a CD.

For DH the rule of thumb seems to be that if it's small enough to fit in the stocking, it goes in there so he doesn't have to wrap it. So I've gotten some pretty expensive stocking stuffers over the years.

 

[Mayl]

Tons of stuff normally under $10 go in there. Some candy for the kids and my wife gets hair clips, razors, nail files stuff like that..

Basically we hit CVS (local pharmacy chain) and spend about $50 for my wife and two kids (7/9years old)

We don't wrap the items in there and nothing goes in till after midnight on Xmas eve.

 

[airjonas]

Currently I don't do stockings, but the times my parents did them when I was a child they were filled with candy. The highlight was always a book of Lifesavers.

 

[budbeerlady]

We do candy, gift cards, disney items for DD, smallish items $5 or less. Its all useful and not worth really wrapping.

 

[goofy's friends]

My situation was like yours. It only took one Christmas to convert him to the nicer gifts in the stockings!!! Now, my whole family gets nicer stockings--I'd rather give things taht can be used and enjoyed than thrown away later.

 

[jen0610]

In mine, DH will put:

lottery tickets
carmex
dish sponges
rubber scrappers I like
razor blades
shaving cream
tooth brush
lotions
bubble bath
gum
candy

In his, I'll put:

tooth paste
tooth brush
razor blades
cheap t-shirt
candy
tire pressure gague
lottery tickets
Axe spray

Just stuff that we need and will use.

 

[malibuconlee]

DH's has a DVD, candy, beef jerky, a can of nuts, a daily pull calendar for his desk, and some cologne samples that were cheap.

Last year he got about 10 rolls of dental floss mixed in with his other stuff because I'd always be taking it out of the bathroom and not putting it back and he would get mad. We do funny stuff like that too.

 

[java]

Growing up my stocking was ALWAYS filled with a magazine, a chapstick, a mascara, a chinese jumprope(yes and I was wearing mascara hello!) A new brush, some hair clips.

Now I put things like new cologne and moisturizer for dh. *but he always gets a magazine, a book and some coffee stuff.

 

[Mayl]

Wow some folks don't do stockings??

I find it suprising if you celebrate xmas that you would skip on stockings.

Not saying that is horrible or anything, don't get me wrong. But everyone I know that does x-mas does stockings.. never thought of doing one without the other..

 

[TigerBear]

I must have missed a post. Congratulations!!

 

[ASFCurly]

we get a combination of candy/food items, useful things like socks, razor blades, chapstick, hair clips/ties, items like earrings or small games/cards and silly thing like silly putty and nicknacks.

So maybe you could start your own tradition, by mixing what you have always done, and what he has always done.

 

[ImagineerM]

Thanks for the input you all! I decided to go with candy and some little odds and ends that I know she'll use. I hate buying junk thats just gonna sit around! So I got some hair clips, some candy, and I'm still looking for some other little things...

So the question now is...DIS Ladies -- what kind of little things do you use often that might go in DF's stocking?

Cheers,
Josh

 

[aprilgail2]

Video games, CD's, gift cards to movies and other places, theater tickets, earrings etc- that is basically what goes in my daughters stocking.

 

[#1hockeymom]

An orange, some Christmas candy, a candy cane, tooth brush and toothpaste, deoderant, body wash, bubble bath, and some dollar store items which are usually joke gifts now. DD still gets a "doll" item and DS still gets a "bad guy" item. I miss buying toys.

Ohhhh almost forgot. A pack of those chocolate peppermints and a box of chocolate covered cherries.

Most of these items were also always in my stocking when I grew up. Dh grew up with real/money item presents in stockings, but over 23 years has decided he prefers my/our version better.

 

[malibuconlee]

Well, I"m always losing, breaking my pony tail holders!! I have thick hair and end up stretching them out, they become weak and break.

How about lip gloss, little purse size hand lotions, etc.

I've also gotten candles in mine before from DH. Last year I got a little hand held Soduku game as well.

 

[ChrizJen]

Currently I don't do stockings, but the times my parents did them when I was a child they were filled with candy. The highlight was always a book of Lifesavers.

WOW...you just put me in MAJOR flashback mode...

That's exactly what we would get as kids in our stockings. We always got some fresh fruit...usually an apple and an orange...Then lots of candy. I always looked forward to the Lifesavers Book too!
AND the candy cane full of M&M's!!

DP and I don't really do stockings now, as we don't have kids and we just exchange little gifts...