This year, my stocking showed signs of the Old Santa, who filled stockings in the 1950's and before. I don't remember the last time I actually had nuts and fruit in my stocking. Okay, I will admit, this is not all that was found in the family stocking as our house this year. My kids may be grown, but there would have been a lot of eye rolling if this was all they'd found.

For me, the best part of my Christmas stocking was just picturing my mom, knitting it. 57 years ago, when I was a baby!

Nothing like a little tinsel on the tree! I don't think I've done this since I was a kid. The 4 kids in my house growing up, were always too impatient to drape the strands gracefully. Poor Mom, had to follow us to repair our sloppy jobs.

My kids showed only a slight bit more patience, when they gave the retro tradition a try. We also added a little string of popcorn and cranberries... another tradition that also seems to have gotten lost, in hurried Christmas celebrations. 

Cheers to a 1950's Christmas!