Stockings

There are few smybols as iconic to Christmas as the stocking. So we spent an entire day  commemorating the role of stockings at Christmas complete with stocking stuffers, new Christmas socks,  a reappearance of “Find the Baby Sock” from last year, and much more. And there were plenty of element showing off the things commonly found in a stocking on Christmas morning as well including “coal” bites, oranges, chocolates, face masks, and more!

MENU:

• “Stuffed” Pork Chops

• Stuffing

• Potatoes (Gratin) (in honor of Hungary’s Mikulas who leaves potatoes in the stockings of naughty children)

• Oreo “Coal” Bites

• "Stockings" Dropper Cocktail

ACTIVITIES:

• Hanging the Stockings

• New Christmas Socks for the Family

• Reindeer Antlers (stockings stuffed with balloons) for the kids

• Find the Sock

• Moving Oranges Shuffle (in honor of oranges being an iconic stocking stuffer from representing the bags of gold of the original St. Nicholas).

• Family Feud: A Gift That Works Well as a Stocking Stuffer

INTERESTING READS & CONTEXT:

• Wikipedia: Stockings

• Christmas Stocking Trivia

• Chocolates

• “Here’s Why Fruit is in Christmas Stockings”