Comments on: Christmas Stockings: the quandary

By: strugglingtowardfaith

strugglingtowardfaith — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:04:42 +0000

But he’s like a person. A puppy person who eats socks (I think I have one of those)! I say give him the other stocking and don’t buy a new one… he’s like a kid.

But hey, Tesh and I don’t even own stockings and we’ve been married for 4 years now. How lame are we?

By: kim

kim — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:10:25 +0000

I really should do that. There’s some part of me that needs the doggie stocking to LOOK like a doggie stocking! Because he’s part of the family, but he’s not not not a person. :)

By: kim

kim — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:08:53 +0000

heck yeah I’ve done that!

By: Marina

Marina — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:06:12 +0000

It would be fun to take your kids shopping for a new doggie stocking. Or you could have them help make one…fabric or paper stitched together with yarn, decorated with jingle bells.

By: Marchel

Marchel — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:41:39 +0000

don’t you ever say the kids names when you mean to call the dog? or say the dogs name when you mean to call the kids? :) at least i use too….the only thing that bothered me about that was that i only did that with erin! :) probably b /c her and the dog where constantly the most active in our home! that silly long explanation being given….of course you should give your dog the stocking! he’s family!

By: kim

kim — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:45:10 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Korey! I’ll have no choice but to hang the dog’s stocking. His favorite thing to play with/destroy are spare socks.

By: kim

kim — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:43:17 +0000

I don’t rotate them. Turns out kids keep track of which one is theirs. :)

I’m probably going to take your advice.

By: Korey

Korey — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:18:30 +0000

My husband and I have matching stockings, that I bought when we were engaged. They still sell them at Target, emblazoned with initials. I bought a red “J” for him and a green “K” for me, and then it occurred to me that our dog (and for all intents and purposes, our child) NEEDED a stocking. So I got him a different one, a simple one (I guess my logic defined dog stocking as something to not spend a lot on). Then it was too plain, so I embellished it. Then last year he stuck his nose inside and removed all of his toys because I didn’t hang it, so I set out this year for another stocking holder, and that’s when I saw it: a DOG stocking holder! With an enamel bone-shaped frame on the top! And now my mantle is dog-centric and I probably look like a weirdo, but suffice to say, he is totally part of the family. :)

By: krysta

krysta — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:08:29 +0000

oh kim.

thanks for a visual of what i could possibly be doing in a crate and barrel somewhere in l.a. in the next 5 years. i can’t believe you still have the stocking … i want a story on what you think every time you open the box and leave one little guy behind while the others have the opportunity to be aired out. do you rotate them?

i actually got a little panicky thinking about how i would possibly match additional stockings to the ones i just bought vince and i. wow. then i realized … i bought very neutral stockings that can be paired with almost anything … for a reason ;)

because of the unlikely event that kim and neil bontrager will have child numero tres, my vote is that your precious dog get the stocking. it will serve as a great reminder that, no matter how awesome our planning skills are … God makes the final call. and every christmas you see the extra stocking, you may just smile and think, “man i’m glad baby jesus came and knew that i’d have all the stockings i’d ever need.” :)

By: Kim Bontrager

Kim Bontrager — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:20:16 +0000

you probably have a good point there. thanks for the comment, suzanne!