The first Christmas we were married Joe had a wonderful idea. And this ideas has spawned a uniquely Metzger Christmas tradition. Every year we go to the fabric store and pick out material to make new stockings. Then the next year we fill them and give them away. It's been so fun to see what the kids have picked out as their interests change. Here are this years stockings. (Obviously, we didn't make the Rudolph stocking. That one belongs to Grandma and Grandpa.) Mine is next to Rudolph. I always choose such a nice Christmas print. Very traditional. Matthew's is the ball stocking. Holden has Transformers. Joe's is the butterflies and the non matching stripped top. Joe's stockings are always unique. Nicholas chose Teenage Mutant Turtles with a camouflage top.
So if you ever receive a Star Wars stocking with a Superman top, know that you have been a part of our family tradition.
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What a fun tradition. For a couple of years we had all the kids fill stockings and donate them to a children's hospital instead of getting presents for each other. I always have good intentions of having the kids do something that makes them think of someone else but it doesn't always come through.
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