Satsumas in Stockings at Christmas
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I never quite understood why we had satsumas in our stockings at Christmas and oranges at the Christingle service. It may well be something to do with them being expensive in “the olden days” and so reserved for special occassions like Christmas. However, I always much preferred the sweets, chocolate and other presents inside and promptly put the satsumas back in the fruit bowl. What is it about Christmas that brings out the citrus in everyone?
Went to a Christingle service yesterday and was reminded that the orange represents the world, in God’s hands.
As to fruit in the stocking, my parents (who had four children) and I (ditto) put it in in the vain hope that the children would be too busy eating them, to wake us up too early, when we had stayed up late helping Santa Claus with the Stocking Filling….
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