The Poultry Keeper

crazypianolady · Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 793 Location: Nottinghamshire

Just found out my OH has never had a Christmas stocking - I've got as far as a shiny coin and a satsuma in the toe, anyone got any bright ideas?

Laughing

NannyP · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:00 am Post subject:

I love doing stockings, and Mark (my OH) had no concept of Christmas stockings when we first got together (he never quite caught on either!)

My children are arriving today (31, and 29) and I will be doing them "silly" stockings, despite saying I couldn't afford to this year...I just cannot resist.
I put nuts, satsuma, coins (damn forgot the coins this year) and some silly, toys or very small, cheap gadgety things. It's more difficult on a limited budget. This year I have bought them each a wine bottle stopper in chrome 3euros....Phil lives in quarters so no need for home stuff, whereas Jo has a flat, so small things she might like for the flat. To even out the cost of each, Phil has a cheap pair of boxer shorts. Both will have a chocolate Santa.

When they were younger, and I had a bit more money, I can remember putting things in like music cassettes, underwear, those little books which became so popular, etc. Oh and always had to have one of those large tubes of Smarties!! (I always had to go out and replace the one I'd eaten before Christmas Embarassed

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Mark's first stocking had some minuture single malts in.

Good luck Very Happy

Henwife · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 3540 Location: Monmouthshire

Chocolate coins, a tangerine, something noisy (masochism), notebook, pencils, erasers (lots of silly ones about at Christmas) and anything small and preferably cheap, useless and disposable. Hawkins Bazaar catalogue has always been an absolute goldmine - too late for this year, but I still get their catalogue for sheer enjoyment.

Gilly C · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 2671 Location: South Cumbria

I usually mix fun and useful, sweets showergel socks knickers chocolate pens notecards and always a tangerine nuts and silver coins go to the £1 shop always something tacky there I still do stockings for my children youngest 25 Laughing

Elly · Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 356 Location: Norfolk

Dont forget a piece of coal Laughing

Keyrings, stamps for older 'kids' living away, chocolate, miniture bottles of drink, silly fridge magnets, pens, socks, glow sticks and anything else small and crazy. Wink

Keep smilin
Elly

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

my children said you don't need to worry about pressies as long as they get stockings ,
no pressies in there as such
always fruit + a bananna
lump of coal ,penny sweets ,wrapped ,little block of chocolates
a sherbet dab

a friend i know loves christmas and she wraps tiny things and puts them on the christmas tree to open for the 12 days of christmas
there will be a face cloth, a bar of soap, a toothbrush that sort of thing they were very short of money ,helping bring up their daughters child and it was things they needed anyway Wink

bronskibeat · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1768 Location: Clawddnewydd

cant really add to this, you all seem to have it covered. Usually we get brazil nuts, satsumas, lump of coal, coins, very small nic-nac type stuff, oh yes, I once got a very small papier mache box with 5 prayer dolls in it made out of pipecleaners and dressed in brightly coloured ends of wool - still has pride of place on my dresser Very Happy

just usually small and either totally useless or useful stuff Wink

jaydee67 · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject:

Yep - there is usually one gift of small worth in each of my children's stockings (aged 14- 22), eg oldest has a small wind up torch this year, Sweets (inc jelly teddy bears), pencils, they all have a small Sudoku book this year and a pot of bubble mix!

Auntie Noo · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 622 Location: Guildford

those little boxes of raisins?

crazypianolady · Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 793 Location: Nottinghamshire

Thank you for all your ideas! I might need to get him a pair of stockings instead of just the one! (And that sets me off on a whole new line of thinking!!!! Wink

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Bhindi · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject:

I have been doing a stocking for my partner every year. I have a huge bag to fill, and bulk it up with chocolates, he loves bars of chocs, but I like to give things like curly wirlies, finger of fudge, walnut whipps, and slabs of toffee. Then he gets a few car bits like a sponge, shampoo etc. He will also have a pack of boxers. He also gets some smellies. He has been saying for a few years that he wants some wellies,, so I am tempted to put them in the stocking to as they will fit... they will be quite different Very Happy

He always moans at me every year saying 'oh Claire you shouldn't have Laughing

.. on almost every item he unwraps, but its fun.

Matildanz · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:18 am Post subject:

Can I ask... is there some significance or reasoning behind the satsumas? I've noticed that they have cropped up a lot in the suggestions..... tradition??