Why do the children in England hang up Christmas stockings?Father Christmas once dropped some gold coins while coming down the chimney. The coins would have fallen through the ash grate and been lost if they hadn't landed in a stocking that had been hung out to dry. Since that time children have continued to hang out stockings in hopes of finding them filled with gifts.参考资料:http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/eve.html