Does Santa fill the grown-ups stockings too?

[PigletsPal2]

Yep, everyone gets a stocking and everyone contributes to fllling them. Each stocking has a "must have" gift in it; it doesn't matter who bought it, just whoever thinks to buy it first. DH must have a Chunky bar, I must have a chapstick, DD#1 must have her special pens (not really special, just her favorite), DD#2 must have heavy-duty barrettes (she has more hair than anyone has a right to have!), and DGD must have make-up remover pads. After these "requirements" are met, anything goes. I usually get everyone a scratch-off lottery ticket, AA and AAA batteries, Shout wipes, DH gets razor blades, DD#1 gets a small McDonald's GC, DD#2 gets a red gel pen (she's a book editor) and DGD gets a roll of quarters for her laundry.

Queen Colleen

 

[DorkyDisneyMom]

Stockings are one of my favorite parts. I'm always searching for things for my husbands. It's my little way of saying I love you and making him feel like a kid again. He loves flashlights and gadgets and candy.

 

[wiigirl]

Why, of course he does! Just because you grow older doesn't mean Santa stops loving you.

 

[DisneyDreamer2504]

Sadly, our stockings are decoration only. DH and I do gifts, stockings or otherwise, so they remain empty. Growing up our stockings were filled to the brim! The rule was we could open up our stockings whenever we woke up, but the gifts had to wait until everyone woke up. This allowed us the gratification of opening gifts, but also allowed our parents to sleep in a bit. I always send stockings gifts for my nieces and nephew though.

 

[aprilgail2]

Yup - me, hubby, 24 year old daughter and 22 year old son all get overflowing stockings.

Here's a side question: Are the stocking presents wrapped or unwrapped?

For some reason, from our first Christmas together that silly Santa always wrapped every single gift in each stocking, and as much as I love to give him a break and tell him the wrapping is not necessary, I just can't seem to do it. It takes me . . . uhm, I mean Santa forever to wrap all of the stuff!

Everyone here gets a stocking, actually we all get between 2-4 stockings each. Every single little thing in every stocking is wrapped. Presents under the tree are wrapped to, I just think it is such a let down to wake up Christmas morning and see a bunch of unwrapped gifts under the tree. We take our time opening each gift, each person gets a gift and the others watch them open it and then the next person goes. Not just a big hodgepodge of stuff sitting under the tree unwrapped!

 

[disneychrista]

Other - because no one gets a stocking any more.

Growing up my parents had stockings and us kids (and the grand kids) had stocking until about 5 years ago.

Being a single parent only the kids had a stocking. I stopped stockings 2 years ago (kids are now adults), filling them got to be as expensive as the "real" presents. The last year or two my kids would fill mine.

 

[Janepod]

Yes, and we all buy something for each stocking. $10 limit. There are usually 8 of us exchanging gifts, so every stocking has like $70 worth of stuff in it, but small, nice, clever things -- e.g., Andy Warhol pencils, Scrabble dish towel, Sephora nail polish minis, Moleskines, good chocolate, etc.

We never ever put something like a tennis bracelet in the stocking. Anything that is significant goes under the tree.

 

[bethy]

Stockings are my favorite part and so everyone gets a stocking. But Santa only fills the kids' stockings and so the adults all fill each others'. I always do a few stuffers for extended family, too and never claim responsibility for them. It's a little bit of magic - wondering where exactly different goodies came from . . .

 

[Colleen27]

Everyone gets a stocking. Mine is one of my most treasured possessions - it is a quilted stocking embroidered with my name, hand made by my aunt for my first Christmas - so I can't imagine just packing it away with the mothballs because I'm an adult now.

However, Santa isn't as generous or creative with the adults' stockings as the childrens' - the kids will each have a small toy/goodie (this year, Webkinz for the girls and a Doctor Who phone case for my son), a Christmas ornament, a toiletry item or two (Bonnie Bell lip gloss for the little one, actual makeup for the tween, Axe for the teen), and fruit & candies. The adults just get fruit & candy, no little gifts.

 

[pooh4evr]

Yep, St Nick filled everybody's the other day. Then Santa fills them for Christmas morning .

 

[MarciaBrady]

Yes, but 'Santa' is my sis and me for our mom's and dad's stockings.

 

[aprilchem]

"Santa" fills up my DH's stocking but DH always forgets to fill mine up; in 12 years he hasn't remembered once!

This year I will fill his and mine. I'm going to buy myself a few things I wouldn't normally splurge on, like a couple of nail laquers and such.

 

[wannabee]

If you wake up at our house you will get a stocking. Santa - with me as a helper fills them all. I usually splurge on nice bath products that I dont buy for myself during the year. For DH and DS I put stuff up as I find them during the year.

It doesnt bother me a bit to do my own stocking- I find it fun.