How do you hang your stockings - Page 2

[nd_deadhead]

We go to my Mom's for Christmas, and there are 11 stockings - all matching, all knitted by my Dad's aunt. Mom hangs them in the living room, with ribbon, on the railing between the room and the stairs. They look beautiful and can be up for 2 weeks before Christmas without interfering with the use of the fireplace.

On Christmas Eve we cut them down and lay them on the hearth.

[sunflower.mama]

Originally Posted by Mama J Rock

We got some of the little teacup hooks at the hardware store (like what you would use to hang mugs from the underside of a cabinet) and screw them into the underside of the mantle. There is no visible hole unless you are laying underneath the mantle looking up and they hold the stockings well.

My fear with the heavy stocking holders that people use on the mantle is that my kids would pull them off on top of their heads and get hurt. That's why we came up with this alternative.

Us too. We take the hooks out after the holidays. My son pulled a holder down once and it landed on his foot and he was hurt all day. I gave the holders away (to my childless SIL) that same day.

[TanyaS]

Originally Posted by Sierra

Those heavy stocking hangers are also an injury risk. I read the other day that many ER injuries in young children this time of year are from pulling on a stocking and getting whomped in the head by a heavy and sometimes sharp hanger.

Originally Posted by Viola

My daughter pulled it off when she was a baby and the thing hit her right in the middle of the head, so I'd believe it.

: It was a bad wound.

We switched to the small, clear flat 3M hooks. Love them and you can't see them at all.

[thenaturefreak]

We used these mantle clips this year: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/prod...1&SKU=14249966 . They could be bent to fit my mantle tightly and held our heavy and fully stuffed stockings just fine.