When my sister and I were growing up, our stockings hanging over the mantel would be empty on Christmas morning. This is because we celebrated the stocking portion on 12.6. We would hang our Christmas stockings on the outside of our bedroom doors before we went to sleep on 12.5. In the morning, we would wake up to find them filled with an apple, an orange, some sort of nuts- usually walnuts, sweets, and usually a "stocking stuffer" item. After reading up on St. Nicholas Day, I found out that European countries celebrate this holiday differently. It seems that our celebration most closly resembles the German holiday (makes sense, my heritage is German). I'm happy to say that we never found coal in our stockings :)
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