Some children in Europe place shoes outside of their door for Christmas rather than hanging stockings. Other children place gifts or even bouquets of flowers outside.
Some cat Christmas stockings take on the form of a cat's paw. Other stockings emulate a cat's face and whiskers. Printed cartoon cats are also available on stockings.
You can find elegant Christmas stockings at your department store, you can also find some really fancy stockings at the Home Depot and Rona. They are good value if you select stockings that are of high quality.
This is an individual family thing. Some children in Australia do hang stockings for Christmas; many do not.
Personalized Christmas stockings can be ordered from a wide variety of retailers. Some examples of retailers who sell personalized Christmas stockings are Personalization Mall, Personal Creations, and Gifts For You Now.
There are many companies and websites that sell stockings made from felt. Some of these companies that sell stockings are Overstock, MerryStockings and Personal Creations.
Generally, no. Hanging stockings is not a common custom among typical Australians. The closest most people get to a Christmas stocking is receiving one filled with chocolates on Christmas Day (or Christmas Eve, for some people). Some Australians do put them up, but they are really not featured as much as they are in the US.
For information on Bucilla Christmas stocking kits, you can look at different craft magazines. Some examples include CRAFT Magazine, Crafty Magazine and Living Crafts.
Seven Swans a Swimming, Santa costume, Stockings.
Kiss under the mistletoe Eating Christmas pudding Baking mince pies Hanging out stockings Christmas crackers Writing to Father Christmas Postal Workers strike (!)
There are several places to buy personalized Christmas stockings. Etsy, Land's End, and MerryStockings all have personalized stockings for sale. For a cheaper alternative, places like Hobby Lobby and Walmart also sell plain stockings that can be personalized by the user.
Some colours of a typical Bucilla Christmas stocking are blue and white with bits of red. These stockings can be purchased from: Amazon, eBay, Bucilla Christmas Stocking Kits.