The moral of giving Christmas stockings is to pray for good luck.

One, the moral of the Christmas stockings

One is that the socks are inexpensive, indicating that the ordinary life of the satisfaction; secondly, because of the fancy Christmas socks with a strong festive atmosphere, sent out especially festive; the most important is that the socks also have a different meaning, representing the young men and women's simple emotions.

The original idea was to send a gift that would bring good luck to a friend, and that Santa Claus would help her/him fulfill her/his wishes.

The origin of Christmas stockings

The custom of hanging Christmas stockings originated from a legend: once upon a time, there was a kind-hearted nobleman whose wife died of illness, leaving him and his three daughters behind.

The nobleman tried a number of inventions but failed and ran out of money, so they had to move to a farmhouse where his daughters had to cook, sew and clean themselves. As the years passed and his daughters reached marriageable age, the father became even more frustrated because he couldn't afford to buy his daughters dowries.

One night, the daughters hung their stockings in front of the fireplace to dry after doing laundry. Saint Nicholas, knowing of their situation, came to their door that night. He saw from the window that the family was asleep and also noticed the girls' stockings.

Nicholas quietly threw gold down the chimney into the three stockings they had hung over the fireplace, rescuing them from their bitter fate. This slowly evolved into the custom of hanging the stockings on Christmas Eve.

What to put in a Christmas stocking

Christmas stockings can be put in candy canes, change, origami, cereal, letters or other gifts.

On Christmas Eve night in foreign countries, children will put a Christmas stocking at the bedside. Legend has it that on this night, Santa Claus flies through the sky in a sleigh pulled by nine reindeer, climbs down chimneys from house to house, and secretly places presents in the stockings at the end of the beds of the good children or piles them up under the Christmas tree by the fireplace.

Wait until the next day when children wake up to receive their Christmas presents. Most of these gifts are now given by "Santa Claus" - family, friends and parents.