And the Stockings Were Hung by the Chimney with Care…
…in Hopes that St Nicholas Would Soon Be There!You know doubt know that line from the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Have you ever been curious about the tradition of hanging stockings by the fire?In days past when homes were heated by fireplaces, stockings were routinely hung by the fire to dry after washing or winter walks in the snow. Rare would be the home in that did not have stockings hung by the fire on most any night.