Shirley J. Juvenile Non-Fiction How the tradition of hanging one's stocking
for Santa to fill with goodies and toys got started.
The Legend of the Christmas Stocking: An Inspirational Story of a Wish Come True by Rick Osborne
40 pages
The true story behind the tradition of hanging and filling Christmas stockings. It was inspired by real life Saint Nicholas and is practiced on his birthday, December 6 by Catholics and/or on Christmas Eve. A story of it being better to give than receive when Nicholas gave gold coins to 3 young girls who had no dowry. He wanted to remain anonymous and since Nicholas came from a rich family he slipped in and secretly tossed coins into the home of the girls which finds its way into the girl's stocking hanging up to dry. (He was spotted so they knew who to attribute the good deed to.) Great story for young and old.
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