Of course, even within the Christmas stocking tradition, there are different practices, as readers illustrated. “We had been dating several months and we both were looking forward to our first Christmas,” wrote Regina, of Derwood, Md. “I told him I loved exchanging Christmas stockings and asked if he’d like to do it, too. When their sons were little, Clare and Phil Amoruso of Cabin John, Md., employed a similarly convoluted Christmas morning ritual. “When they would come down on Christmas morning there would be one present for each under the tree with their name on it and the number 1.

Source: Washington Post December 21, 2020 20:37 UTC