Collection Challenge #135 - Vintage Christmas Stockings

I seem to have a thing for accumulating Christmas stockings.  I would need a mighty wide fireplace to hang all that I have.

These little knit stockings with the cute graphics are a favorite. The larger ones have drawstrings at the top. They are about 12 inches long. The shorter ones are about 5 inches.

I love when I find them in the original wrapping.

With the original Meier and Frank price of 20 cents.

The front of this stocking is a clear plastic and the faces are raised. When you put items in the stocking you can see them through the plastic...no guessing to what this stocking would hold Christmas morning.A felt stocking with snowman graphics. Two sided as well.

I really like these simple stockings with the charming old time graphics.  This pair belonged to Leah and Kenny. More of my favorite style of stocking. These felt stockings are a bit smaller and about 7 inches tall. The two on the left are the same stocking, one was just printed with colored ink.

Same stockings, different sizes. The colored ink was not lined up properly on the larger one. Front side
Flip side. Felt stockings with furry trim and a couple spun head figures that decorate them.

Front side with snowball throwing children.  Happy New Year flip side.
All shapes and sizes....Jacky and Clark.

I wish I could say I had a cuter stocking when I was a kid.  This was mine.  It really is quite bedraggled looking. I  used to get up in the middle of the night and go through my stocking as well as my brothers and sisters.  My stocking was really tricky because I had to be really quiet and it has those darn jingle bells sewn across the top.  I used to bundle them all in my hand to muffle the noise as I rifled through the stocking...I did not want to wake up the house.  My brother and sister did not have bells on their stockings so it was easy to look through theirs.


If you have an idea for a future collection challenge leave me a comment and finish the sentence "Show me your collection of ____."  With the holidays here I think the month of December will have that Christmas flair.

Comments

[Erica]

I still have my stocking from when I was little. Someday it will be considered vintage and then I will have at least one!

Erica

[Doreen]

Great collection of stockings!Cute background to show them off on.Of course it's from the queen of displays :-) Love the story of your personal stocking LOL.I can picture you doing that too!
How festive your house must be for the holidays.
Thanks for sharing!

[Annette]

So you waited until Santa had come by before you were naughty!!
Great story. I like the green stocking with Santa "snow boarding" to the chimney.

[Shara]

I have several old stockings too. My favorite are a pair of handmade felt ones that say FRANK and GERTIE. You just don't hear the name GERTIE often enough, now do you?

[Kim Kenward]

I'm smiling thinking of you sneaking into stockings and keeping the bells quiet. You have a super darling collection. I recently acquired a pair at an estate sale. Helen and Henry are written on the back of the felt stockings. It didn't seem right to leave them behind in the garage.

[Diane]

How neat you still have your stocking! I have mine too. My mom made it out of red corduroy with a white cuff, and no jingle bells!

[Sheryl Remy]

Are those coal marks on your stocking for peeking? I lived in a trailer until I was 13 yrs. The vintage cracker box on it's side style. No room for stockings. So I made sure to have them for my family. Ours are needlepointed with our names. WI is home to Lands End. I went to one of their warehouse sales and this group of ladies and I went through this mini cooper sized box of stocking already with names. Each of us looking out for each other's family names. The part was anything at the sale with names or initials was reduced another half.

[Janet Johnson]

Love 'em all!
I don't think I ever had a Christmas stocking growing up. Maybe because we didn't have a fireplace.

[barbara]

I love these - you have quite the variety! I'm amazed that there were so many styles. Now I need to get mine out!

[Renee]

I can never decide if I like the tiny ones better than the felted ones so I always go for both...this is a great collection and I love the names on all of them...smiles..Renee

[Kathy]

That is so sweet that you still have your stocking and the memories to go with it!

[Debbie]

What a cute collection of stockings! I love the ones that look like little socks! I honestly don't remember having a stocking as a kid. Maybe my parents didn't give me one, cause we didn't have a fireplace. Hummmm. :(

[Marci]

Love your collection! You have such a great variety. Those first ones are the best, I have never ran across those before. Another thing I also collect and one of my favorite Christmas collections. So, you not only opened your gifts up and retaped them you also rifled through your stocking?? And you seem so sweet! You know what they say, it's the nice ones you have to watch out for! :)

[Heather]

These are so sweet!!! I just adore the cute graphics! Now how do you display them for Christmas? Too fun! xo Heather

[Erica / Golden Egg Vintage]

I think this is my favorite collection of yours so far! I have maybe 8 or so, including the one with all of the Snowmen. But I'd love to have some that are simple and just say MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thank you for showing us! :)
Erica

[Elizabeth]

Congratulations on your Wonderland event. The booth was a showstopper! I love your stocking collection. Giggling at the brick background which reminds me of a fake fireplace my husband and I once had for Christmas. Have a great restful weekend! E

[Jill]

So neat - I found a vinyl stocking this year that is actually quite ugly!!

I have my very first stocking, personalized with my name!! My name was always hard to find, I guess my Mom had it printed.

[chris mckinely]

I have both my husband's and my own childhood stockings! In additon to the little plastic one my mom and dad had for our dogs! Love your collection!!

chris