Hey, Dr. Science-Patterson! What is the history behind kids hanging stockings at Christmas for Santa to fill with toys and candy? - Christmas Cheerer, Biloxi, MI

Dear, Christmas Cheerer - This tradition reaches as far back as at least the early 1980’s in the United States when children would hang stockings at Christmas. The idea was that Santa Clause would fill them with toys and candy and other assorted goodies.

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