With hopes that Santa Claus would visit their homes on Christmas Eve, most people hang stockings for Christmas. It is believed that St. Nicholas, on whom Santa is based, left bags full of gold in a stocking to save a family on Christmas Eve. This act resulted in a stocking being put up, with hopes of a gift from Santa
You hang Christmas stockings, with care.
People hang stockings so they can be filled with small treats on Christmas eve.
You hang stockings, with care.
it's a tradition
Stockings are hung on the hearth at Christmas.
to get more gift
it is a tradition
This is an individual family thing. Some children in Australia do hang stockings for Christmas; many do not.
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Children typically hang stockings over the fireplace before Christmas night in the hopes that Santa Claus will fill them with gifts and treats.
If it is Christmas you hang stockings, decorations such as bells or ornaments. Other than Christmas you can hang pictures I suppose.
They hung stockings by the fire on Christmas Eve so that Santa could leave gifts.