Decorating Christmas trees, hanging holiday lights, exchanging gifts and baking scrumptious desserts are some of the traditions shared around the globe this time of year. This season, create a new tradition; curl up around the Christmas tree with a cup of Blue Bunny Gourmet Sipping Chocolate and share the story behind one of our favorite traditions: the Christmas stocking.
Here is how the idea of the holiday stockings came to life: Once upon a time, a nobleman lost his wife, and was left to raise his three young daughters alone. He was quite worried he wouldn't have enough money to pay for the marriage of his daughters; yet, on Christmas Eve, village visitor Saint Nicholas heard of the nobleman's troubles. Knowing that the man would be too proud to accept any money, Saint Nicholas snuck next to his house. He noticed that the girls had hung their stockings to dry along the fireplace mantle, so Saint Nicholas threw gold coins down the chimney and a bag landed in each of the girls' empty stockings. The villagers heard and began to hang their empty stockings above the fireplace hoping for Christmas gifts.
To make story-sharing even better this time of year, enjoy seasonal ice cream flavors like Blue Bunny Perfectly Peppermint and Blue Bunny Spumoni.
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