"Jacquie" > wrote in message
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> We got the clothes and stuff we needed too, plus a couple of toys. Our
> stockings always had fruit and nuts in them, nothing else's...once and
> a while maybe a couple of pieces of candy and a candy cane. We always
> used one of our own stockings to hang(I always made sure it was the
> stockings that went to the knee..LOL) we never had those red fuzzy
> stockings we have today.

I got Jasmine a little felt bag this year instead of the stocking, they
are too awkward IMO. the bag is red with a handle and a Santa Motif on
it. About the size of a library bag.

I also bought a throwaway heavy paper "sack".

> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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>>>> what a great attitude, when i was a kid there were a few years
>>>> where parents didn't have a lot of money, so daddy would present us
>>>> with a list of things to choose from and we all got one family
>>>> gift, the only one i remember is the year we choose the pool
>>>> table... pricey if purchased, but my dad went to a pool supply
>>>> house and bought felt, slate cups, and accessories, and built the
>>>> actual table, i was little enough i let older brother talk me into
>>>> it not having a clue what it was... its now living in the basement
>>>> at my moms and is over fourty years old and in great condition
>>>> because he has replaced the felt and rubbers a few times. Lee
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>>> I didn't realize it when I was a kid but most of what Santa gave us
>>> were necessary items. Pajamas, maybe a robe, always socks and
>>> underwear. Once in a while I would get a new dress and my brother
>>> would usually get pants and a shirt. Toothbrushes in our stockings.
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>> Same, we got a lot of clothes (none that I liked, lol but clothes
>> just the same) books (I liked the "annuals" and stuff like Famous
>> Five etc) and bits and pieces of stationery, cheap games a couple of
>> small toys all in the Santa bag. There was a stocking that had chips,
>> lollies and some cheap little thing or two and one "big" present. My
>> favourite was a 3 wheeler bike with a bell and a tray at the back
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>>> When Angela was little she always expected Santa to put things in
>>> all of our stockings. For mine I would either buy things that I
>>> knew I would be needing or I would find extras of things around the
>>> house and just put them in there. She never knew. She just thought
>>> Santa did a good job of giving me what I needed!
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>> Clever Santa
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