Shops, TV etc are using the term to sell items but a Stocking Filler is a gift from Santa not a general term for any xmas present.
2006-12-17 09:47:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
It refers to a gift small enough to add an extra surprise to a Christmas stocking. Traditionally a Long Sock, Stocking or Pillow Slip was left for Father Christmas by the fireplace or at the end of the childs bed. It was stuffed with many food items we now consider standard Christmas fayre but in past times items which were considered exotic and rare such as oranges, nuts, sweets, chocolate and small games such as a whip and top or yoyo. Children expected these items every year but a stocking filler was a small surprise gift they did not expect. After the WW2 it became usual for a stocking to be given still but with the addition of one "large" present such as a bike or pram. Naughty Children got a Stocking full of coal, this is what all children were told at least!
We just go way over the top these days!
2006-12-17 10:05:16 · answer #1 · answered by bumbleboi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once you are an adult you get to play "Santa" to the children and sometimes the adults in your life. That means that you have to buy the stocking fillers, i.e., small gifts that will fit in a Christmas stocking.
2006-12-17 09:55:20 · answer #2 · answered by braennvin2 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mum continues to be doing a stocking for us now at 26 years previous and she or he has continually been a consultant at it - there are some issues that have in simple terms grow to be custom as a stocking filler e.g. chocolate funds, a satsuma, a sugar mouse, slightly teddy undergo. What approximately getting them some little toy vehicles / trains (or in spite of they are into). Colouring pencils / pens, little paint gadgets, colouring books, decal books....Hmmm, i will shop questioning and come back with different suggestions. Ooo - yea, i admire the yo-yo theory. What approximately marbles too? have a verify out the link decrease than too.
2016-10-15 03:27:59 · answer #3 · answered by pereyra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stores just want to make money nowadays- they're advertising gold jewelry, iPods, and all kinds of expensive stuff to put in a stocking. When I was a kid, we celebrated St. Nicholas Day ( Dec. 6th), when instead of a stocking, your shoe was put on the windowsill the night before; you would find it filled with nuts, fruits, a few candies, a special St. Nicholas cookie, and maybe a small toy. That was it. No expensive or great stuff in there.
2006-12-17 11:08:17 · answer #4 · answered by Flea© 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In my experience the term 'stocking filler' applies to any gift which is below a certain price range. Usually a low price range. So for example, if one wished to use the expression in polite conversation, one might say: "Listen bi**h, don't you be givin me no mother fu**ing stocking filler gifts this year or i'll sl*p yo *** from here to NEXT christmas!" Or something like that.
2006-12-17 09:59:57 · answer #5 · answered by mattJ 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
We call it a stocking stuffer here....In my experience, a stocking stuffer is just a little gift that you get. I get neat pens, little boxes of chocolates, candy canes and the whatnot in my stocking...I always received gifts from santa, and then lots of little things in my stocking also from him.
The legend is more that when you're bad instead of all your gifts you'll get one lump of coal in your stocking...
2006-12-17 09:53:13 · answer #6 · answered by JamieLeigh 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋