My mother knits each of us a stocking after birth (kids and now grandkids). She actually developed arthritis in one finger when she had 3 new grandsons in one year! Those are the ones we use. They are so cool. She lost the "tension" with my husband's stocking and it is big enough to hold a boatload of gifts. Those stockings will never be replaced. if someone gave me another, I might use it around the house as a christmas decoration but the ones from my mother go under the tree and get filled.