Author by : Dave Poon

According to a very old tradition, Saint Nicholas left his gold coins to three poor girl’s stockings that needed money for their wedding. After washing their clothes, they hung and left their stockings to dry by the fireplace and went to bed.

Saint Nicholas pitied the three girls and their father who got depressed not being able to give his daughters money for their wedding dowries. Morning came and the family woke up, the three girls went in the fireplace to get their stockings and they realized that their stockings contained money that was enough to spend for their wedding.

That is the birth of our Christmas tradition of hanging Christmas stocking in our fireplace. Wishing that Saint Nicholas to drop by and fill our Christmas socks with gifts and goodies. Nowadays, this tradition was still believed by many children that if they have would be good for the whole year, Santa Claus would give them what gifts they wanted for Christmas.

Aside from the tradition of hanging them, there are many different ways in which many enjoy these Christmas socks. They come in different colors, designs and sizes. We usually use them as undergarments to keep our feet warm and be very comfortable.

Christmas socks are now used as decorative ornaments for the Christmas season. You can hang them by the fireplace, Christmas trees, window sills and on our tables. You can buy them in the supermarket and will come in different designs and patterns. You can also make your own Christmas socks and add some personal touches using your own creative imagination.

Others knit them as a hobby and if you don’t know how to knit you can just simply get your old socks and make you own designs. Here are some more ways on how you can decorate your own Christmas socks.

1. Color white socks with green, red or any color that you like.

2. Sew laces on them or ribbons with Christmas patterns to add elegance to your socks.

3. Cut Christmas ornaments from the clothes like Christmas trees, bells, angels, snowmen and many more and attach them to your socks by sewing them using a glue.

4. You can also attach ornaments on your Christmas socks by gluing them into place.

5. Dried leaves or flowers are also good designs on your socks.

6. Use glitters to give them a dreamy and magical touch.

7. You can also attach different colors and sizes of buttons on your Christmas socks.

8. If you would like to make your Christmas socks bigger, you can do that by sketching a pattern on a cardboard and tracing the pattern on your choice of cloth with Christmas patterns. After that, you are ready to cut them. Make two patterns and sew them together to make 1 sock. And decorate it with your preferred design.

9. You can also have your name embroidered on your Christmas socks to make them more personalized.

Christmas socks are also great gifts to your love ones especially if you have a hard time finding the right gift to every person on your list. You can create your own and decorate your gift Christmas socks to make them personalized.

Make a list of your socks recipients and categorize them by age and gender. Fill them with candies, chocolates, toys or anything that are suitable to every age. In this way you can save money on your gifts. You will have fun and a wonderful time making and stuffing your Christmas socks. Your friends and relatives will surely love and enjoy their gift Christmas socks too.

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