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Pictured is a common adaptation of Christmas stockings. They’re neatly hung above a fireplace, similar to those in the story.
Hanging stocking was actually a tradition that began on accident. Legend has it that a poor man didn’t have money for his daughters’ wedding dowries. One night when the daughters hung their stockings near the chimney to dry, Saint Nicholas left a bag of gold in the chimney. The gold fell into the stockings, which started the tradition.
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