Stocking Stuffers

[ChristmasFanatic]

When my two younger brothers and I were still quite young, Mom decided Santa hadn't gotten enough fun stuffers for the stockings, so Santa wrote us a note and placed it where our stockings normally hung, explaining he had taken our stockings back to the North Pole with him and would fill them and bring them back on New Year's Eve.

Mom said she and Dad had usually gone out with friends on NYE, but felt that they needed to be home with us and ring the New Year in that year, so that was the reason our stockings would be brought back and opened on New Year's Eve. We had such a fun time with this that it became a tradition and we still do stockings on New Year's Eve. With the excitement and fun of the holiday season winding down, it makes for one more evening of fun to look forward to and the best part of stocking stuffers on New Year's Eve? You can hit some great, 'After Christmas Sales' for the stocking stuffers. :D

[Ervserver]

neat story. Good bargains can be had after Christmas. With the savings one could have even more goodies in their stockings :D

[elfworks]

what fun, fan!!!


xo

[sheepsnot]

That's pretty cool. Our stockings end up being filled with afterthoughts.

[Ervserver]

My stocking is a 5 footer and she getts filled to the brim :D

[sheepsnot]

Your own leg doesn't count as a gift!

[Ervserver]

an ex gf made if for me...wonder is it had a hidden meaning?

[sheepsnot]

If she made you a pair, I'd worry.

[Ervserver]

good point, God Bless her

[ChristmasFanatic]

It really is a lot of fun, I'm still like a big old kid and look forward to shopping and filling stockings on New year's Eve. I saw a stocking someplace, last year that must have been 5 foot long and I very much wanted to grab that for someone to fill for me. :D

[Ervserver]

Hobby Lobby sells lots of neat stockings, some are giant.

[Christy Carol]

Remember that giant one Tim Taylor had on Home Improvement?I bought my ex one like that at Hobby Lobby years ago. It was a real conversation piece.

[ChristmasFanatic]

I used the same stocking for years, it was my first stocking and was perfect. Sadly, my step-Dad housed several Christmas items in the attic, unbeknownst to Mom and some mice made a meal of my stocking. :( I replaced that stocking, but it sure isn't as nice as my original and perhaps I should now replace it with one of those 5-foot stockings to see if Santa could cram a widescreen TV in it? :lol:

[Ervserver]

I used the same stocking for years, it was my first stocking and was perfect. Sadly, my step-Dad housed several Christmas items in the attic, unbeknownst to Mom and some mice made a meal of my stocking. :( I replaced that stocking, but it sure isn't as nice as my original and perhaps I should now replace it with one of those 5-foot stockings to see if Santa could cram a widescreen TV in it? :lol:

hehe a widescreen would be a tight fit :-)

[mrshfromjersey]

I must find out about this Hobby Lobby. Never heard of it and I am intrigued...

[Ervserver]

www.hobbylobby.com

[ChristmasFanatic]

hehe a widescreen would be a tight fit

I was afraid this might be the case. :)

What does everyone do for stocking stuffers? When I was a kid and even as an adult, I receive small gifts, some sugar-free candy, a DVD or two, a few personal items (Shampoo, perfume, etc) and lots of fun little items.

[Ervserver]

For sure one of those books of Lifesaver candy, beyond that anything from little toothpastes to fruit, candy, cds, books.

[Christy Carol]

I must find out about this Hobby Lobby. Never heard of it and I am intrigued...

All I can tell ya is have a pocket full of money when you go into the store (or website for that matter). It is my dream store during the holiday season.

[ChristmasFanatic]

For sure one of those books of Lifesaver candy, beyond that anything from little toothpastes to fruit, candy, cds, books.

I always loved getting an orange in my stocking and another item I haven't received in probably 20+ years....a popcorn ball! :) Popcorn balls seemed to be a staple of stockings, when I was a kid, but seem to have lost some of their popularity.[/quote]

[Ervserver]

I got oranges too, never a popcorn ball though. Good idea. I did get dental floss!

[ChristmasFanatic]

I think the first year we did the New Year's Eve stocking fun, I received as one of my gifts....a pet rock! Anyone remember these?

I used to love popcorn balls, not sure if they hold the same charm for me, now, but I may buy a few and see. :P

[ChristmasAngel84]

For sure one of those books of Lifesaver candy

It's a tradition in my house that every year my dad gets one of those Lifesaver books!

For stocking stuffers my parents always put small gifts in mine like earrings or lipgloss,nail polish etc......and the gifts are always wrapped too! :wiggy:

[sheepsnot]

For some reason I have never liked regular Lifesavers, though the minty ones are nice.

[mrshamm]

We go to Florida for Christmas with DH's side of the family after our parties here in OHio so we don't get to our stockings untill around New years. I never thought of shopping for extra stocking stuffers after Christmas. That's a great idea. We'll have to do that this year.

[ChristmasFanatic]

I remember being in elemetary school and having our Christmas party on the final day of school and quite often, I'd receive a 'book' of the Lifesavers. My favorite flavor at the time was cherry, so I'd really share all the other flavors, given. I know Dad always enjoyed either the Pep O Mint or Wintergreen and I can't recall if a roll of that flavor was included or not. I still love cherry-flavored Lifesavers as well as cinnamon.

[marekkane]

Mmmmmm... I loved the butterscotch life savers best.

[Christy Carol]

We put Slim Jim beef sticks in the stockings. It is actually a joke going back to SouthPark's Cartman singing about Swiss Colony Beef Logs. :D

[Ervserver]

For some reason I have never liked regular Lifesavers, though the minty ones are nice.


Butter rum are my favs and they only stick one tube of them in the books

:sad:

[ChristmasFanatic]

Mmmmmm... I loved the butterscotch life savers best.

I forgot about butterscotch, I really like those, too. :D

[jenifour13]

I pretty much carried on the traditional items that Santa left for us, lip gloss, little Christmas jewelry of some sort, some little toy things, chocolate, and always a big shiney apple all the way at the bottom.

[Ervserver]

an iPOD would fit into most stockings nicely

:???:

[ChristmasAngel84]

I don't care for Lifesavers much.....butterscotch is ok though!

[Ervserver]

Chocolate marshmellow santas

[ChristmasAngel84]

Anyone ever try the chocolate jingle bells....they make them in Reese ones & Nestle Crunch...I love them :wiggy:

[Ervserver]

OH yummy...I love those

[ChristmasAngel84]

Oh they are a must every year! :D

[ChristmasFanatic]

Anyone ever try the chocolate jingle bells....they make them in Reese ones & Nestle Crunch...I love them :wiggy:

I'm a big peanut butter fan, but love these jingle bells in the Nestle Crunch! :D

[Ervserver]

If only they didnt wrap them in foil I could eat them faster

[Christy Carol]

I do like those and *shock* I am not a huge chocolate lover myself. But someone brought those bells around (also try the Butterfinger Bells) last year and I couldn't keep my hands off of them.

[ChristmasFanatic]

I can't and shouldn't indulge too much, being diabetic, but sometimes I just have to eat some of these goodies! :D

[Ervserver]

Cartoon Network won a place in the record books by delivering the world's largest Christmas stocking - stuffed with more than 200 toys on December 9th 2005.

The stocking measured an enormous 10 metres by 3 metres, and Natasha and Daniel Bedingfield were on hand to accept the delivery, along with the UK's tallest man Chris Greener (7' 6.25" tall) and more than 40 strapping fireman from the London Fire Brigade.

A throng of GOSH ( a childrens hospital) patients swarmed into reception to see the spectacle and meet the Bedingfields, who later visited several wards and sang Christmas Carols on Tiger ward.

[ChristmasAngel84]

If only they didnt wrap them in foil I could eat them faster


LOL I find the foil a hassle also LOL 8) :) :grin:

also try the Butterfinger Bells

Yeah I forgot they had those! :smile:

[Ervserver]

I'm eating Halloween butter finger balls now :grin:

[ChristmasAngel84]

LOL I usually eat half the Halloween candy anyways.... :lol:

[Ervserver]

Only half? I've already bought candy twice..Halloween better hurry up and get here

[ChristmasAngel84]

LOL :lol:

[ChristmasFanatic]

Only half? I've already bought candy twice..Halloween better hurry up and get here

:lol: Now, you sound like the kind of person that makes every holiday fun and to me, that includes eating whatever might be sitting around, unprotected! I never used to buy much in the way of candy, because I could not keep my fingers out of the bags or the bowls and trying to look innocent with a ring of chocolate around my mouth was never easy. :P

[Ervserver]

Well I sample the candy to be sure the kids will be getting the most fresh stuff.
:-D

[cspelling]

very cute story, its an excellent idea and great excuse to have a family new years celebration

[ChristmasAngel84]

Well on Christmas Eve while we are waiting for the family to arrive & we have the cookie trays out & all the other goodies...I don't wait for the guests to arrive.....I eat lol! :lol:

[Ervserver]

heck ya I don't wait to start eating. Once all the kids arrive they start getting their grubs into everything

[ChristmasFanatic]

very cute story, its an excellent idea and great excuse to have a family new years celebration

It really has been a lot of fun over the years and a tradition that will probably continue, just because I don't go out and party on NYE. 8-)

[ChristmasAngel84]

heck ya I don't wait to start eating. Once all the kids arrive they start getting their grubs into everything


Good to know I'm not alone in doing that LOL :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Ervserver]

doing my best to keep the sugar companies in business

[ChristmasFanatic]

Well, it's nice to see that most of us share something else in common....a non-stop feeding frenzy throughout the entire month of December. ;) That's one of the most exciting aspects, being invited someplace and you see plates of cookies and candy out as well as pies and many other goodies that you won't normally find sitting in a house. :wiggy:

[Ervserver]

Nightly news said average American eats 27lbs of candy per year. I eat that much Oct. - Jan

:???:

[ChristmasFanatic]

Nightly news said average American eats 27lbs of candy per year. I eat that much Oct. - Jan

:???:

:lol: Probably a good thing for most of us that October-January is the biggest months for sweet consumption. I tend to gain weight a little faster than I'd like to see and one good feeding frenzy and I have to live in sweat pants for a week! :(

[Ervserver]

Whoever invented pants with an elastic waistband has to be a Christmas lover

[ChristmasAngel84]

LOL :lol:

[Ervserver]

stretchy pants

[Christy Carol]

Somewhere I heard or read that the average person gains 10lbs between Thanksgiving and New Years.

Stretchy pants or not I refuse to gain that much. Too hard to take it back off after New Years. I probably won't have another repeat of last Saturday night until New Years Eve.

[Ervserver]

I dread gaining any weight but......maybe exercise more?

:???:

[ChristmasFanatic]

Wow! I don't think I've ever gained 10 pouunds in a holiday season, but I suppose it's possible. I think there are times I'm actually disappointed. I mean, you plan and wait all morning for a HUGE Thanksgiving meal and usually one plate and I'm stuffed and I think....all that effort to put a meal on and it's over in about 20 minutes! :-? Same for Christmas, I look forward to all the wonderful food, but I'm never sure if it's the excitement of the day and all that's happening, but I never eat as much as I swear I'm going to. Now, that's not to say I don't eat my fair share, but I always think my fair share is going to be a heck of a lot more. :-D

[Ervserver]

I try to cut back on the gravy and butter, but then make up for it with peanut butter fudge and chocolate covered Oreos :o

[Christy Carol]

I think the reason we pile so much up on our plates (atleast in my case) is that we skip breakfast to make more room for lunch and then when we finally eat we eat it so fast we get full too fast.


I plan on eating a normal Thanksgiving lunch til I am full but its all the additional stuff before and after the day that I will stay away from. I think that is where the extra 10lbs comes into play. The snack trays people bring into work, the loaves of pumpkin and banana bread the neighbor drops off, the pretty miniature chocolates all dressed in their foil Christmas wrapping paper...and oh yes, the endless glasses of eggnog.

[Ervserver]

gosh this thread is causing me to drool on my desk :o

[Christmas Angel]

I always got lifesaver books at my dad's house my step mother was obsessed w/ them. I knew ate them. But Resses peanut butter trees, you can bet those sucker were gone by noon on Christmas day.

[Christmas Angel]

*I never ate them. ;-) gotta love typos

[Ervserver]

It's time you did....I sent an email to Santa requesting you get one this year, only if you have been nice of course.

[kidzrme]

:lol: DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY GOOD IDEAS FOR STOCKING STUFFERS FOR MY 17 YO DAUGHTER? I'M TRYING TO STUFF HER STOCKING W/ SOME COOL STUFF, INSTEAD OF THE SAME OLD... 8)

[ChristmasAngel84]

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY GOOD IDEAS FOR STOCKING STUFFERS FOR MY 17 YO DAUGHTER? I'M TRYING TO STUFF HER STOCKING W/ SOME COOL STUFF, INSTEAD OF THE SAME OLD...


When I was that age which wasn't that long ago my mom would stuff my stocking with Nail Polish or Lip Gloss,Earrings & cute little stuff like that...little bottles of perfume etc.... :-D

[Ervserver]

Gel pens, gift cards, iPOD, cool cell phone covers, chocolate truffles, movie theatre tickets

[BritneyBug]

:lol: DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY GOOD IDEAS FOR STOCKING STUFFERS FOR MY 17 YO DAUGHTER? I'M TRYING TO STUFF HER STOCKING W/ SOME COOL STUFF, INSTEAD OF THE SAME OLD... 8)

The ideas above are really good.
hmmm....I'm 20 and my sister is 17 so I will try and help.

* Memory cards for Digital Cameras are getting really cheap this year
* Can't have enough Rechargeable batteries
* Gummy headphones come in several colors for $10
* New watch/jewelry always good
* iTunes gift card
* Magazine Subscription

Hope this helps =)

[Annette1990]

I would say movie tickets, a gift card for like claires, music cds or music gift card, mini makeup, lotions, perfumes (Avon carries alot). Minature photo album. Jewelry/Trinkets. I also found this online for all ages..........


101 Easy Stocking Stuffers


Aromatic charcoal
Bath salts / soaps
Batteries (kind of lame but practical)
Bendos (these are bendable little characters)
CDs/DVDs
Calculator
Calendar
Candles, scented
Car air freshener
Card Games
Cell phone
Chea pet
Chocolates and candy
Christmas ornaments
Clip-on book light
Coffee sampler
Crayons / markers
Crystals
Cufflinks
Darts
Diary / journal
Disposable camera
Donation to favorite charity
Electric razor
Etch-a-sketch (miniature)
Finger Puppets
Flashlight (miniature)
Flower seeds
Fridge magnet kit (the poetry style are cool)
Fruit - apple / orange
Golf balls
Hacky sack
Hand warmers
Harmonica
Headphones, noise canceling?
Herbal teas
Horoscope handbook
iTunes gift certificates
Incense
Jewelry
Jigger (to help mix the holidays merry and bright)
Keys to a Ferrari (just checking if you are paying attention and note to girlfriend)
Label maker
Legos
Lip Balm
Lump of coal
MP3 player
Magazine subscription
Magic 8 ball
Matchbox cars
Mints (in tins)
Bottles of liquor / wine (miniature - or not)
Movie gift certificates (don’t forget the popcorn and sodas)
Neck tie
Night light
Page’Up desktop paper holders
Paperback book
Pedometer, digital
Mug, picture or with clever saying
Paperweight
Picture frame and photo
Plane tickets
Pocket dictionary / translator
Potpourri
Prepaid phone cards
Perfume
Puzzles
Radar detector
Restaurant gift certificates
Rubik’s Cube
Scratch-off lottery tickets
Sea monkeys
Sewing kit, travel
Shot glasses
Sidewalk chalk
Silly putty
Slinky
Slippers
Snow globes
Socks
Stationery or note cards
Stress ball
Swish army knife / multi tool
T-shirt
Teddy bear / stuffed animal (miniature)
Thermal travel mug
Tickets to a concert or sports event
Tabasco sauce
Top / gyroscope
Trail mix
Travel alarm
Travel games
Travel kit
Two way radios (two stocking stuffers in one)
Universal remote control
Voice recorder
Wallet / money clip
Watch
Wine opener / cork screw
Yo-yo
Zippo lighter

[Gingerbug]

I love the butter rum too.

We always got oranges, nuts, and homemade fudge. We would put our stockings on our bedroom door since we didn't have a fireplace...and we would out the broom beside the bed...so we could poke the stockings if we woke up during the night and see if Santa had been by...

[novelist]

:-PI LOVE opening stocking stuffers! I always had a stocking as a kid, but when I became older, I didn't get a stocking anymore. When my husband and I were dating, and decided to get married, he bought me a stocking, and wrote my name on it, hung it on the mantle with his and his sons. I was so excited to have a stocking after all this time. Since then, we've made out own tradition of opening up stocking stuffers after christmas dinner. It's something to look forward to after all the presents have been opened.

[dvdguy]

The ideas above are really good.
hmmm....I'm 20 and my sister is 17 so I will try and help.

* Memory cards for Digital Cameras are getting really cheap this year
* Can't have enough Rechargeable batteries
* Gummy headphones come in several colors for $10
* New watch/jewelry always good
* iTunes gift card
* Magazine Subscription

Hope this helps =)

gummy headphones? dont put them in your ears before eating them

[Christmasstar]

:)&I buy stuff all year long and put in a box, then at Christmas sort through it and decide who will get what. There is always lots of things left over and those are what go into the stockings. Everyone gets a real nice variety of strange things that way that is always different!
I then hang them on the ends of thier beds so when they wake in the morning they can enjoy them right away, and I get to sleep a little longer.

[BritneyBug]

gummy headphones? dont put them in your ears before eating them


=) I love the gummies! They're kind of squishy so they don't hurt your ears.
http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?search_constraint=3944&search_query=jvc+gumy&Continue.x=0&Continue.y=0&Continue=Find&ic=24_0

[Billy Battles]

I wear headphones like these.

www.amazon.com/Sony-Noise-Canceling-Headphones-MDRNC6/dp/B0002T3UQ0/ref=sr_1_23?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1195070715&sr=1-23


I don't like any thing that goes in my ear.

[BritneyBug]

I wear headphones like these.

www.amazon.com/Sony-Noise-Canceling-Headphones-MDRNC6/dp/B0002T3UQ0/ref=sr_1_23?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1195070715&sr=1-23 (http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Noise-Canceling-Headphones-MDRNC6/dp/B0002T3UQ0/ref=sr_1_23?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1195070715&sr=1-23)


I don't like any thing that goes in my ear.

They look nice....I can't afford $40 headphones when the cats always end up chewing on the cables! :(
I like the small ones 'cause I wear them out in public a lot.
=)

[Billy Battles]

I take mine where ever I go. Like Slug from Atmosphere said "I put my headphones on for this world I ignore"

[BritneyBug]

I take mine where ever I go. Like Slug from Atmosphere said "I put my headphones on for this world I ignore"

MP3 players are the best...I love going to class and listening to Christmas music! cheesy

[Billy Battles]

I still don't own a MP3 player. I keep telling myself I'm going to buy one then I put it off until "next time" than the next time I put it off again.

[BritneyBug]

I still don't own a MP3 player. I keep telling myself I'm going to buy one then I put it off until "next time" than the next time I put it off again.

They are getting to where you can get a pretty good sized one for around $100.
Mine is an 8G but those are still over $150 it seems.

[Billy Battles]

It isn't the money. I just don't buy one. I also don't own a cell phone or a radio(just my Walkman)

[BritneyBug]

It isn't the money. I just don't buy one. I also don't own a cell phone or a radio(just my Walkman)

oh sorry...I feel silly. =)
For me it's usually about the money lol. Most of my more expensive stuff is gifts from my parents.
I would be very unhappy without my cellphone. There have been times when I really needed it and was really glad to have it.

[Billy Battles]

I'm not super rich or anything like that. If I want something I usually work it out so that I can buy it. I don't talk on the phone much. When it comes to the radio 90% of what I listen to is underground Hip Hop and they don't play that on commercial radio. 5% percent is Christmas music snd the other 5% is what I block out when my Girlfriend is driving.