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A History of Christmas Stockings“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.” It seems that Clement Clark Moore was already familiar with the image of the traditional Christmas stockings as early as 1822, when this poem, “Twas the Night before Christmas,” was penned. But where did the idea for Christmas stockings come from, and which culture c…