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Does size
matter in regard to Christmas Stocking? At
first glance, this may not appear to be a
very important question. However, for
clever boys and girls the size of the
stocking may have serious benefit or
consequence. For example, if little Johnny
has a small stocking and his sister has a
large stocking, does his sister actually get
more satisfaction on Christmas morning. In
other words, will the larger stocking
actually receive more presents? Intelligent
children will ponder this question and then
negotiate a stocking from Santa Claus
accordingly.
Does every boy and girl get the same
quantity of gifts in or around their
stocking regardless of stocking size?
This is a
very difficult question to answer. To be
honest, I had asked this questions to
several elves and they did not even know the
answer. It appears that Santa keeps this as
a closely guarded secret.
Some
believe that if the stocking is smaller, the
presents will simply overflow more and be
placed both in or around the stocking. If a
stocking is too small, their is potential
that Santa will leave presents on the floor
under the stocking if he had brought more
gifts then would fit inside. However,
others elves had mentioned that Santa
already knows the size of the stocking and
will bring a perfect number of toys to match
the size of the stocking.
Although I
do not know the actual answer, I think that
Santa may take several issues into account
when filling a Christmas stocking. It is
possible that he takes "value" into
consideration. For example, one child may
have asked for items that would
traditionally cost more then other items
that have been requested by another child.
Possibly, Santa will give a higher volume of
toys to the child that requested less
valuable items.
It is
important to keep in mind that higher price
items typically take longer to
produce. If Santa's workshop has a
limited number of days in
the year to produce all of the toys, he can
only make a limited number of toys that
require a long time to produce. Although
Santa is not actually
"purchasing" toys, due to time constraints
for his workshop, the toys that would
typically cost more in a store, he only has
time to produce in lower quantities.
Therefore, for those children that request
toys that take a long time to produce, they
may receive a lower number of toys in their
stocking (and under the tree).
If the
above scenario makes sense to you, this may
suggest that the size of the Christmas
stocking is irrelevant... I am not saying I
believe above, I am just saying this "value"
(length of time to produce an item), may
have relevance in regard to the "number" of
toys you will receive in your stocking.
Another
factor that one must consider is the
"behavior" factor. Certainly, Santa Claus
must take into account the child's behavior
over the course of the year. Although Santa
has not directly told me that their is a
direct correlation between behavior and
quantity of gifts, during a meeting I had
with Mrs.. Claus, she had assured me that
behavior is a very important aspect of
Santa's gift calculations.
If
you believe that Christmas stocking size
matters:
In some
households, stockings are actually provided
by Santa Claus. In other homes, parents may
purchase the empty stocking to lend Santa a
hand.
Here are a
few suggestions. If your parents purchase
the stockings (and you believe yours to be
too small to receive an adequate amount of
presents), you may want to (on purpose)
accidentally damage your existing stocking.
Maybe you can discretely rip a a hole in the
bottom. After the rip is completed, you may
wish to turn on the fake tears and beg your
parents for a new stocking. This would be a
good time to also suggest that you be
involved in the shopping phase. Most
definitely, you want to be in the store or
with your parent as they shop online to make
sure that they secure the largest possible
stocking.
If the
Christmas stocking in your home is provided
by Santa Claus, it would be a good idea to
detail out a suggested size when you send
Santa your Christmas wish list. However, it
is important to note that Santa does NOT
always have the opportunity to provide you
everything on your wish list. In addition,
even if he does agree to delivery a
stocking, it does not mean it would be in
the requested size. Clearly, Santa has
numerous children to satisfy. Portions of
the gift giving process comes on a first
come first serve basis. It is possible that
other boys and girls sent him their stocking
requests earlier then you did.
If
you do not believe Christmas stocking size
matters, you can disregard this
entire article...
By the way,
you may be wondering why this information
regarding X-mas stockings is on the
Christmas Fashion website. Well, the answer
is that despite the fact that the stocking
is used to hold gifts, a "stocking" is
actually an item that falls into the
clothing and apparel category. Therefore, a
stocking is most certainly relevant to
fashion even thought it is simply being used
as a vehicle in which to receive goodies.
ML102710
By the way, a Christmas Stocking is very different then stockings worn by women.
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