Filling the stocking with an orange – a Christmas tradition from the 19th century – might be a tribute to the St. Nick of old, wrote Emily Spivack for Smithsonian Magazine.

We rounded up the best Christmas stockings we’ve come across, including affordable picks from Target and Amazon and stylish picks from Anthropologie and LoveShackFancy.

Each "My First Christmas" stocking is designed around holiday songs. All is calm and bright inside the neonatal intensive care unit at one South Carolina hospital as its tiny residents prepare for ...

Once freed from the confines of the stocking Christmas morning, I know right where this one’s going to go on our tree — right next to the pink flamingo. $20 ($18 for museum members) at Academy ...

The tradition of hanging stockings in the U.S. was solidified with the 1823 publication of Clement Clarke Moore’s poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas," also known as "The Night Before Christmas." ...

Whether you’ve chosen metal or plastic Christmas stocking hangers, using ones with a secure hold is essential. Most of today’s top brands can accommodate stockings that are filled with goodies ...

Get the Princess Castle Christmas Christmas Stocking at Shutterfly starting at $12.50 4. Cozy, knitted stockings to match your fisherman’s sweater ...

When our grandmother died unexpectedly in 2017, it felt like the end of a tradition of handmade, personalized Christmas stockings and that my cousins’ chances of joining us with stockings on the ...

How to Make Christmas Stockings First of all, to make your own Christmas stockings, you will need to gather your materials. Michaels has plenty of festive fabric to choose from this blue glitter ...

Husband 'Will Be Sure to Fill' Wife’s Christmas Stocking After Last Year’s Viral Holiday Video "I listened," said Josh Jones, while wife Aubree made it clear that stockings aside, her husband ...

A woman was shocked when she ordered her partner a Christmas stocking — to receive one so small, it looks like a baby’s shoe. Leah Hartley, 20, spotted a festive stocking on Temu and purchased ...