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  • Fun & Funky Christmas Stockings!

    You walk into a co-worker’s holiday party and look around. The Christmas decor is out in all its glory and twinkling its tinsel off. As you walk through the gathering of slightly tipsy ladies from human resources and the IT guys discussing the latest tech trends something catches your eye. Across the room, hanging from the mantle, are the most beautiful Christmas stockings you’ve ever seen. Hand-made, cable knit, even painted designs are on display proudly among these truly unique treasures. While this scenario may not be a common one, the Christmas stockings exist – you’ve just got to look for them.

    Upon searching, one particular line of Christmas stockings caught my attention. They aren’t glitzy or name brand, and they don’t come with a high price tag. In fact, they don’t have a price tag at all. These Christmas stockings are handmade by one Canadian woman, purely for her family and the simple joy of creating a work of art that can be used and treasured for years to come.

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    Canadian blogger Wicked Faerie Queen offered up a pleasant surprise whilst on my journey to find a few Christmas stockings that truly stood out from the rest. Knitted stockings, felt stockings, curled toe stockings, even stockings with ice skates on the bottom – each more beautiful than the last.

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    This particular blogger tells her followers that the knitted stockings were a favorite of her children for the simple fact that they expanded to several times their original size upon “Santa” filling them with goodies.

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    Her personal preference seems to be felt stockings, noting how easy the material is to work with whether you’re sewing or gluing.

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    You may not be the queen of the sewing machine or a wiz with a glue gun, but these Christmas stockings go to show that even the most simple of fabrics can wow a crowd. Perhaps its the love and care that go in to making each one that allows them such an air of superiority. Because it’s very clear that these particular Christmas stockings aren’t going to be found in your local department store. No retailer that I know of stocks the imagination, love and care that can be found within the hand-stitched seams of these stunning stockings. Those ingredients come from within, and this Christmas stocking guru has them in spades.

    Image via Wicked Faerie Queen Blog

  • Megyn Kelly Says That Santa Claus is White

    Megyn Kelly was recently criticized for speaking about the cultural interpretation concerning the race of Santa Claus. Kelly discussed Santa Claus Should Not Be a White Man Anymore, which was written by Slate‘s Aisha Harris.

    Harris wrote, “When I was a kid, I knew two different Santa Clauses. The first had a fat belly, rosy cheeks, a long white beard, and skin as pink as bubble gum. He was omnipresent, visiting my preschool and the local mall, visible in all of my favorite Christmas specials. Then there was the Santa in my family’s household, in the form of ornaments, cards, and holiday figurines. A near-carbon copy of the first one—big belly, rosy cheeks, long white beard: check, check, check. But his skin was as dark as mine. Seeing two different Santas was bewildering. Eventually I asked my father what Santa really looked like. Was he brown, like us? Or was he really a white guy?”

    In the age of political correctness, Kelly’s opinion has not been swayed. The following statement was made by Megyn Kelly on her popular Fox television show The Kelly File, and has been subjected to recent criticism.

    “Just because it [an idea] makes you feel uncomfortable doesn’t mean it has to change. You know, I mean, Jesus was a white man too. He was a historical figure; that’s a verifiable fact as is Santa, I want you kids watching to know that, but my point is: how do you revise it, in the middle of the legacy of the story, and change Santa from white to black?”

    Does it really matter how Santa Claus is depicted, or should everyone be free to consider different interpretations of the icon? Kelly is not known for being easily influenced by pressure from others. In a previous interview with The Washington Post, the Fox anchor spoke directly about her method for handling criticism. “The more I respond to the naysayers, the less I have of myself. I don’t have to convince anybody. And nine times out of 10 the people who are haters are not convinceable anyway. In my experience, the people who believe all the negative things about you want to believe them. And the people who don’t believe, despite the negative things that are written, are fans of yours, people who watch and get you, and they’re not going to believe that stuff no matter what,” Kelly said.

    Recent criticism comes after her popular appearance on Jay Leno.

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