What do you put in your christmas stockings?

RachyD_3

Santa always used to leave me an old fashioned toy in my stocking and that's the one I would love the most. Often something wooden or a Victorian game. A bit different and lots of fun. I always see them in Hawkin's Bazaar when I wander in and it reminds me of Christmas

candie_gill

Some greatideas there thankyou, will use some of yours Mrs Money for my other half!

ktflosspot

I might put PJ's in this year as ds2 has told me that the pyjama elves don't really exsist :eek: I'll have to actually BUY them this year as afore mentioned elves normally deliver them on Christmas Eve so we know when it's bed time

Snugglebunny8

subscribing too as love to see your ideas!!!!!!!

mine are 11 and 14 now, they have their stocking from Mr C before breakfast and our pressies for them under tree after

our tradition is a special Christmas Eve buffet, which they help choose what to buy, I save M&s vouchers I get all year from Valued Opinions, and use them for party food and turkey etc.

For both I get choccy coins, selection box, an annual, a Lindt reindeer or santa, a sugar pig, tube of Smarties, penny or coin with the year on, an orange etc. Then during the year I collect books, puzzles etc, if we are lucky enough to be able to go to Disney World I bring back a few bits for stockings and a new ornament.

This year my son is very into planes, airports, flying etc,managed to get some great bits on ebay like a Concorde inflight mag, Qantas playing cards etc, for both of them I put in cd's, dvd's and books
Hawkins Bizarre is great for fun stuff!!! have to get the penguin bowling this year!

also do DH one with books, sweets, boxers, dvds etc, so he's not left out!

I buy stuff in boxing day sales for stockings,like kids pj's, fleecy blankets and santa socks xx

jakes-mum

Mention of the £1 coin reminded me of before hubby and I had our own kids, went to his mothers for christmas and sister in law was sat downstairs wrapping stocking stuff. DH made me get 2 x £1 and wrap them in wrapping paper and as much tape as I could get round it :eek:. Nephew and niece came down next morning, attacked the stockings, got to our coins and spent 20 minutes trying to get into them. Nephew turned to DH and said 'sighhhh uncle chris!!' :rotfl:

Christmas stockings I have a pack of cars 2 happy families game for DD this year. both have a book and yoyo, DS usually gets some sort of small model kit thats relatively easy to make, he also has a tub of waterbombs from the £ shop. Crayons and colouring books, some chocolate coins, a tube of smarties for DD and minstrels for DS, last year they had fancy writing pencils, high lighters, funny rubbers.

I might look for some top trumps for DS aswell, see if I can get some cheap, also its been tradition since my son was small to get him a snow globe each year . . thinking about it i'd better get looking for this years!

I dont do fruit since the time DS hid the orange in his drawer and I found it 2 months later covered in mould :eek:

creditcard123

I love buying for christmas stockings I have 6 to fill age range 10 - 41:)
It is getter harder as they get older:(
younger ones get pants socks hair things gogos or crazy bones pencils pens a cd dvd book if I can find a cheap ds or wii game
older ones get perfume aftershave costume jewellery razors deoderent shower gel socks
they all get chocolate coins and christmas sweets
Good luck with your stocking fillers:)

jakes-mum

can I be one of your kids Creditcard!! my mum stopped doing stockings when I hit my teens (im the youngest of 3) she said it was too expensive to get stuff and as we were past believing (:eek: of course I still believe . . . even though he brings me nothing now, think my mums been on the phone . . . ) there was no point doing them anymore.

I enjoy doing them for my 2 now though, its great fun to bargain hunt for stuff to go in

mrshassall1987

This year it will be choc coins, clementine, tube of sweets, ball, small playdoh set and a book

creditcard123

jakes-mum wrote: »

can I be one of your kids Creditcard!!


I will adopt you if you like :rotfl:
My husband never got the stocking thing the 1st year we were together I got some sellotape, an onion, and other things he could find around the house:mad: He has the hang of it now with lovely moisturiser and shower gels and jewellery would be happy with just a stocking

candie_gill

haha credit card, fancy ur hubby putting those random things in! I find things for ours all the time, i just need a snowglobe for my little boys and perhaps a choc reindeer and hes finished. Other half i have a nice gold stud for his ear in a lovely gift box, book he asked for, box of his fave chocs so far.. really struggling with his hmm. I will get him a new razor, a new can of his fav body spray. I also like to put some random things in from hawkins bizare, last year was jumping beans!