WHAT WERE SOME OF YOUR STOCKING STUFFERS
 

Some of my favourites were mandarins, foil-wrapped chocolate money and my mother would find the tiniest notebooks and little pens or pencils that I treasured. I love making up xmas stockings for my grandkids now.

(meant to write FAVOURITE in thread title)

And this ladies and gents is what you'd call a Dead Thread! ::cool::::big grin::

::big grin:: I honestly don't remember what I used to get in my stocking when I was a kid!

I remember all those things Bloofer remembered, as well as candy and those little tiny cheeses from different lands- I loved those.

And as I got older I would get little gadgets- tiny puzzles, a pen with a light on it... things like that.

Candy canes. Always liked my Halloween loot better though.

Never, I do remember the "gadgets" that my brothers would get..exactly some of the stuff you said! I don't know why, things just seemed so wondrous coming from those stockings. To me, anyways, because at that time I really believed!

I've always gotten candy and maybe some money in my stockings. My parents would put cassette tapes in there too, whatever music I asked for. I still get candy in there and maybe some jewelry, like earrings.

I just remember the orange...

The best 'stocking stuffer' ever was homemade chex mix from my Aunt Gail. Had all the chex types, pretzels, nuts and rye-bagel pieces with plenty of the butter, Worcestershire & spices baked in!

She knew how to make it 'perfect'. It's homemade, fits any shape & not expensive. Can't beat that!

I bet your aunt would be well pleased that her mix made a lasting impression on you at such a special time of year. ::smile::


The oranges in the xmas stockings were said to represent the gold, formed in the shape of balls, that the original St. Nicholas donated to the poor. And candy canes symbolized the shepherds crook used by the bishops of the Catholic church.

That's interesting. I didn't know that. I took a peak at St Nicholas on Wikipedia. I see St Nicholas was one of the church elders at the First Council of Nicaea (which was the first christian 'world-wide' council ever). And then of course, I see he was said to hide coins in the shoes, and throw purses of coins into yards of people, in need.

It wasn't a stoking stuffer, but every year my grandmother on my father's side would send my sister and I each a fruitcake. Now, everyone in the world hates fruitcake- but not me! My grandmother made amazing fruitcake! I used to beg my sister to let me have hers.

My grandfather on my mother's side would give us silver dollars. They were big back then!

I love fruit cake too. Especially with lots of nuts and cherries.

Silver dollars were always cool to get as a kid. I kept a collection of silver dollars. And I'd fill up these regular-quarter booklets from the bank.

Oh gosh yes, I have always liked fruitcake, especially the ones with a marzipan icing. Each slice chock full of tender candied fruit bits, sometimes ginger, and nuts.

I'm sure if I listed half the stuff I used to get this thread would turn into a 'remember the 80s' thread (think madballs & m.u.s.c.l.e men) but along with that sort of thing, the stuff I remember most is little gadgets and tools. Funky little torches, mini screwdriver sets, anything to do with 'investigating' or exploring. I used to love anything like that.

I can remember getting magic tricks every year. I love fruit cake too, but just fruit, I'm allergic to nuts and stuff

Wow, I have some remembering to do....

It seems like from the 70's/80's, I got a lot of really cool candy. I loved Willy Wonka's Oompas, which they have not sold in many years. I have noticed some stores have brought back some of the nostalgic candy but not all of them.

I think I also got stickers, Mattel cars, footies, money, crafty stuff....

I miss those Xmas days ::love::