Origin of Christmas Stocking Ornaments

According to legend, Santa Claus is the incarnation of St. Nicholas, the bishop of Mira in Asia Minor. He was kind, willing to give good, and did many good things in his lifetime. After his death, people miss him very much and call him the god of children. It is said that once he secretly gave three bags of gold to the three daughters of a poor man as a dowry. When he quietly threw the gold in from the chimney, a bag happened to fall into a long Christmas tree hanging on the fireplace. Knotty sock jewelry.

So the custom of putting gifts in long stockings for children has been passed down. To this day, the innocent children always solemnly hang their stockings on the fireplace on Christmas Eve, and hopefully wait for Santa Claus to pull eight reindeer from the northern snow country, as the legend says. Sleigh came to give them gifts. Santa Claus is really kind and mysterious in the hearts of children.