My kids are older now, but they told me their Christmas stockings were always their favorite part of Christmas morning. Which suprised me because I always had lil gifts in there for them. I sign up at alot of freebie sites during the year and keep those for their stockings....., samples of perfume or colonge, shampoo, bubble bath sample packs of snacks, toothpastes etc. I put candy and only small gifts that I get for free or less than a dollar here and there. I wrap some up and leave some unwrapped. I never knew how they felt about those stockings till last year when I wasn't gonna have them. Boy did I get an earful from my grown kids!