Christmas in July Day 11 Traditions- Stockings

Sorry this is so late today but hey, life happens. In my family growing up we hung up our stockings every year at Christmas time. Usually we got an orange, peanuts, or even small gifts. Christmas stockings were like the "appetizer" before the Christmas present "meal." I have carried on the same tradition with my daughters, they never know what Santa will bring them. The stocking pictured above is my Anaya's when she was just two years old. Do you hang up your stockings? What other traditions do you have with stockings?