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the hanging of stockings. The first is simply that children used to set out their shoes on Christmas Eve to be filled with goodies by St. Nicholas; this tradition carried over to stockings. The first people to mention stockings being hung from a chimney were illustrator Thomas Nast and storywriter George Webster during the 19th century. The second legend also attributes the stocking hanging custom to St. Nicholas. Legend says that St. Nicholas once tossed coins down the chimney of three sisters who were doomed to remain unmarried because they didn't have a dowry. Lucky for them the coins fell directly in their stockings that were hanging by the fire to dry. Thanks to the coins the sisters found husbands. Some believe that an orange in your stocking symbolizes the gold St. Nicholas left in the sisters’ stockings. Others think that Santa puts an apple in the toe and an orange in the heel if you have been good. Source Unknown |
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