"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> "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.
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> 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.
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> I also bought a throwaway heavy paper "sack".
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I like those felt bags. One year I got one or two for everyone. Some
people needed two because their presents were larger. I wrapped all the
presents that I put inside in tissue paper. That saved me a ton of money on
real wrapping paper and bows, especially since they gave me most of the bags
back to reuse which I did for several years. I still have a few out in the
garage and am going to use one for the scratching post I got for the cats.