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My 14 year old daughter asked me on Christmas Eve how long I was going to continue to fill her brother's stocking. (He is 18 and started college this fall, out of state.)
My first thought was, "Forever!"
Then I thought, well, "Till I die!"
And then I realized that, should he marry someday, everything would be all changed.
So...
... as your kids grew and life changed, how did you handle "The Stockings"?
I didn't have a stocking between being a kid and marrying my present husband, but his practice was to make stockings for a significant other and/or any kids around on Christmas day. We began making one for each other, and then when we had moved and were able to celebrate Christmas morning with my grown sons, they each bring stockings made for their spouse and one or two things for everyone else's stocking. We open in a round-robin (one thing at a time) and then have breakfast, later going to their father's home for dinner and real present opening (yes, it's an unusual setup). Fun!