Show Holiday Stockings We cannot be definitely suro how the custom of hanging stockings at Christmas but almost certainly it is associated with St. According to one St. Nicholas dropped some money down the chimney of a poor but proud nobleman and the money fell into stockings that had been hung by the fire to Other writers credit the custom of hanging stockings to the fact that the Hollanders believed St. Nicholas rode a horse on his gift-giving trips and accordingly they would put out their wooden shoes filled with carrots or other treats for the |