Why do you get an orange or apple in your Christmas stocking?

Answer 1

It's an old tradition that goes back to the garden of Eden. The apple represents fruit from the tree of knowledge. The orange from the tree of good and evil. When Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden, it was both punishment and grace. The grace was because they were now sinful, and had they eaten from the tree of life they would of lived forever in their sinful state. At Christmas God's promise began to unfold, and we celebrate with an Apple and Orange to remind us of our sin, and the price that Christ paid so that we can eat of the tree of life.