Santa is known around the world, but where did he come from, and why the reindeer? A brief history of Santa: Santa Claus is a fictional character inspired by St. Nicholas a Turkish monk who spent his life in service …[Continue]
The Tradition of Christmas Stockings
Children and the young at heart have for many generations hung their stockings from the mantelpiece on Christmas Eve hoping that St. Nick would come that night to fill them up with sweets and small precious gifts. Christmas stockings are …[Continue]
How Christmas Stockings Started
Nothing has a more significant meaning like the hanging of beautiful stockings over the fireplace mantle. Families have been exercising this tradition for many years. Even though these days, Christmas stockings are being used to hold precious small gifts, there …[Continue]