stockings
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Women would wear dresses and stockings; men would don suits and hats.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
The other DHS clip is a montage of Yuletide cheer — Santa, elves, stockings, dancing — over a sped-up electro-trash remake of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
Meanwhile, investors may be hoping for some gold and silver in their Christmas stockings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
"I insist the children have coal in their Christmas stockings, which is a luxury item in Wales," he joked.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
And as I shimmied into my dress, she stuffed stockings and unmentionables into my carpetbag and explained what was happening at Mrs. Wigginbottom’s boardinghouse.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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