White Stocking

It wasn't that anyone had really been forgotten, not children had been slighted or made unhappy and no adult had been forgotten. The presents had all be distributed and all the stockings were beautifully filled, all that is except one; It was the stocking intended for the child of Bethlehem. Of all the people belonging at that Christmas gathering, only he had been forgotten. Only he had been left out of the festivities. This didn't seem quite right, inasmuch as it was his birthday that was being celebrated. This year. The little white stocking will be hung in a special place in our home. On Christmas Eve, we will gather the family together and each of us will write on a piece of paper, a gift for Jesus to be placed in the stocking. It will remain in the stocking until next year's Christmas Eve, when we will pass out the papers from the year before. Then we will see how well we gave to the Savior through our gifts.

This is a new family tradition of ours. This story is placed in a white stocking and hung up.You don't have to share what you are giving the Savior, or tell everyone how you did on your gift last year. We don't. It's personal to us. Aand you don't have to use a stocking. Use a gift box and place the gift under the tree. Or, make a family gift, like more regular FHE or more reverence during church. What a great tradition to bring the Savior closer to your Christmas celebration.