Hanging Christmas Stocking 1901
by Photo Researchers
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Hanging Christmas Stocking 1901
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Photo Researchers
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Photograph - Photograph
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Entitled "Christmas Eve" showing a little girl hanging up stocking by fireplace. A Christmas stocking is an empty sock or sock-shaped bag that is hung on Christmas Eve so that Santa Claus (or Father Christmas) can fill it with small toys, candy, fruit, coins or other small gifts when he arrives. These small items are often referred to as stocking stuffers or stocking fillers. In some Christmas stories, the contents of the Christmas stocking are the only toys the child receives at Christmas from Santa Claus; in other stories (and in tradition), some presents are also wrapped up in wrapping paper and placed under the Christmas tree. Tradition in Western culture threatens that a child who behaves badly during the year will receive only a piece or pile of coal. Photographed by the Osgood Company, 1901.
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October 22nd, 2014
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