What's the name of the socks hung at Christmas?

The socks hung at Christmas are called Christmas socks.

Christmas socks are socks that Santa Claus wears at Christmas. According to the Bible, saints from the East gave gifts when Jesus was born, which is the origin of the custom of Santa Claus giving gifts to children.

British children put stockings by the fireplace on Christmas Eve, believing that Santa Claus will come down the chimney at night and bring them presents full of socks. French children put their shoes at the door, so that "when the baby comes, put the gift in the shoes".

Christmas stockings are not only decorative but also symbolic. It represents hope, love and kindness. It is said that Santa Claus will enter the house from the chimney on Christmas Eve and put presents in socks hanging by the fireplace, which has become the most anticipated Christmas gift for children. Therefore, Christmas stockings also symbolize children's expectation for a better future and their love for their parents or elders.

The legend of Christmas socks

Once upon a time, there was a kind-hearted nobleman whose wife died of illness, leaving him and his three daughters. The aristocrat tried many inventions and failed, so he had no money, so they had to move to a farmhouse, and his daughters had to cook, sew and clean themselves.

A few years later, the daughters gradually reached the age of marriage, but the father was even more depressed because he had no money to buy dowry for his daughters. One night, after washing clothes, the daughters hung their socks in front of the fireplace to dry. St Nicholas learned about their father and came to their door that night.

He saw from the window that the whole family was asleep, and he also noticed the girls' stockings. Immediately, he took out three small bags of gold from his pocket and threw them into the chimney one by one, just falling into the girls' stockings.

The next morning, the daughters woke up to find that their socks were full of gold, enough for their dowry. The nobleman was able to see his daughter get married with his own eyes and lived a happy life from then on.

Later, children all over the world inherited the tradition of hanging Christmas stockings. Children in some countries have other similar customs, for example, in France, children put their shoes by the fireplace and so on.