While many people spend tons of time planning just how they will decorate their unlit artificial Christmas trees when the Christmas season rolls around, there is just as much thought that goes into the other décor that we associate with Christmas. While shopping for decorations for your unlit artificial Christmas trees, be sure that you pay attention to the stockings that you will be using during the Christmas season. Many people want to have their stockings and the décor on their unlit artificial Christmas trees matching to ensure that the theme is filling up the entire room.

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However, have you ever wondered, why we hang stockings during the Christmas season? This has quickly become a tradition that many people follow, but why is this? The tradition started as a way to remember Saint Nicholas. It was told that Saint Nicholas wanted to give the poorer children something for the holidays. He did do this, but he came up with the problem of where to place these gifts for the children. He came upon a family that had stockings pinned above the fire to dry and placed these gifts into the stocking. From there on out, the kids would hang their stockings up so that Saint Nicholas could fill them with the gifts that they asked for.

Of course, now we have stockings that come in a variety of colors and designs. We even have stockings that are meant to be used by our adored pets! However, the story behind the stockings is a great tradition for everyone to have in their home, it just helps to add that dollop of tradition that many people want to have when they celebrate the holidays. Do whatever you can to make these stockings match the décor on your trees this year for a complete look!