In many countries, Christmas presents might be found in a Christmas Stocking, hanging up by a fireplace or at the end of a child's bed. Do you use stockings for gifts at Christmas?

The custom of hanging stockings is thought to have come from the story of St. Nicholas dropping money into a stocking drying by the fireplace or window to help out a poor family. St. Nicholas putting the bags of gold into a stocking is also where the custom of having a tangerine or satsuma (types of small citrus fruits like small oranges) and often some nuts at the bottom of Christmas stocking. If people couldn't afford gold coins, some golden fruit was a good replacement! Until the last 50/60 years fruits like tangerines or satsumas were quite unusual and special, especially in Europe. Have you ever had fruit in your stockings?

Many families create their own Christmas stockings with each family member's name applied to the stocking so that Santa will know which stocking belongs to which family member. If you have a stocking, does it have your name or initial on it?

If you don't have stockings, do you still do a little bag of gifts or something similar that people open before the main ones?