Christmas stocking
a stocking or stocking-shaped bag traditionally hung on a mantelpiece or Christmas tree by children on Christmas Eve to hold small gifts that Santa Claus is credited with bringing.
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How to use Christmas stocking in a sentence
Miss Grant reached for it as a child might grab at his Christmas stocking.
The Mystery at Dark Cedars | Edith LavellIn her arms Gyp carried some of the contents of her own Christmas stocking.
Highacres | Jane AbbottThere wasn't a moment to be lost, she told him excitedly, like a child waiting to open her Christmas stocking.
Linda Carlton, Air Pilot | Edith Lavell
British Dictionary definitions for Christmas stocking
a stocking hung up by children on Christmas Eve for Santa Claus to fill with presents
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