The legend of Christmas socks?

Legend has it that there was a kind-hearted declining aristocrat whose life was very difficult. His three daughters are getting married soon, and he is sad that he has no money to buy them a dowry. On the festive Christmas Eve, three girls curled up on the kang and went to bed early, leaving their father to sigh. Santa decided to help them. He scattered a lot of gold in their chimney and fell into the socks that the girls were baking by the fire. From then on, they lived a happy life ... Christmas socks came into being.

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, they can put presents in the shoes.

The legend of Christmas socks

A long time ago, there was a kind-hearted nobleman whose wife died of illness, leaving him and his three daughters. The aristocrat tried many inventions and failed, but 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 packets of yellow 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.