We had a two story house in Pennsylvania, with he living room just at the bottom of the stairs to the left. That was where the Christmas tree was set up. Having no fireplace, we hung our stockings with care along the stairwell, oldest sister's highest up, baby brother's lowest. (there were 5 of us kids)We were allowed to get our stockings at 5 am, but no tree time till 6, so to keep us from peeking in the living room, Dad put a sheet across the doorway. We always knew if there were batteries in our stocking, there was something under the tree for us that needed them! At 6 am when the parents got up and came to the living room, we followed and I can still hear my dad saying "Read the tags!"