Christmas Stocking Holders

Mantel Christmas Stocking Holders

Getting that stocking to stay up might require getting a special Christmas stocking holder. While you may be able to nail, tack, or tie your stocking to the mantel, stocking holders add a festive decorative touch to your mantelpiece. It’s an easy way to add more holiday décor without a lot of cost.

Mantel holders are often heavy so that they can hold up a stocking filled with goodies. Heavy plastics, porcelain, brass, glass, ceramic, silver, aluminum, acrylic, resin, and other materials are used to make holders. They average around four inches in height, with a curved hook coming off the front for hanging the stocking on.

You have a variety of options when it comes to choosing holders. With the large selection, it is easy to find stocking holders that all ready fit into your decorating theme. Choose from the following ideas:

• Santas
• Angels
• Snowflakes
• Stars
• Trees
• Animals
• Pinecones
• Poinsettias
• Snowmen
• Comic book/cartoon characters
• Vintage figurines
• Ornaments
• Houses
• Photo holders

Personalized stocking holders are popular holders, with everyone’s names engraved onto the holder. For families with matching stockings, this can help keep confusion at bay. Another personalization idea is to have your family’s last name spelled out on a stocking holder. That is usually done in iron, brass, or silver.

Lighted holders can help set the mood in your family room when the lights are off and the tree is lit. If you get brass or clear glass holders, put a spotlight onto the holders to illuminate them in a darkened room.

Stand-Alone Stocking Holders

If you do not have a mantel place, you can still hang your stockings in an attractive fashion. Free standing Christmas stocking holders can be purchased to hold your stockings. For example:

• This stocking holder features a free standing swirl base with room for five stockings. Add a photo above each stocking for each family member.
• These holders have a hook at the top as well as the holder on the bottom. String some garland across a doorway and hang your stockings in the frame.

Another option is to make a Christmas stocking holder tree. A sparse tree with few needles would do the trick. You might also consider making your own tree using a wooden truck with wire branches for holding the stockings. Purchasing a pre-made tree for holding stockings is a fast way to get yours hung up.

Places to Shop

Buying Christmas stocking holders after the holidays can save you a considerable amount of money. Look for after-holiday clearance sales at your favorite discount and drugstores. Home sections of large department stores frequently have stocking holders over the holidays. Or buy during the off-season from exclusive Christmas retailers.

The following places have a large selection of Christmas stocking holders:

• Christmas People
• Christmas Decorations and Gift Store
• Online Discount Mart
• Fine Home Displays
• Christmas Loft
• The Stocking Place
• Country Porch

Whether your style is country, contemporary, whimsical, or vintage, you are sure to find some Christmas stocking holders to fit your personality.