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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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stocking stuffers/Christmas gifts
Today, hi-tech gifts like iPods and other Mp3 players are popular, and DVDs are common stockinng stuffers/Christmas gifts.
I presume both stocking stuffers and Christmas gifts fit in the above and mean about the same, but is "stocking stuffers" more colloquial and vulgar? Thanks.
I presume both stocking stuffers and Christmas gifts fit in the above and mean about the same, but is "stocking stuffers" more colloquial and vulgar? Thanks.
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Not vulgar at all! We hang stockings (which aren't actual socks, but specially made things) for Santa to fill. Other gifts are exchanged by friends and family members.
- Not vulgar at all!
- We hang stockings (which aren't actual socks, but specially made things) for Santa to fill.
- Other gifts are exchanged by friends and family members.
- Traditions vary from family to family - in some families all of the gifts are from Santa.
- Usually physically smaller gifts are stocking stuffers.
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Not vulgar at all!
We hang stockings (which aren't actual socks, but specially made things) for Santa to fill. Other gifts are exchanged by friends and family members. Traditions vary from family to family - in some families all of the gifts are from Santa.
Usually physically smaller gifts are stocking stuffers. In my family, they tended to be lower-cost as well (not on the leve
We hang stockings (which aren't actual socks, but specially made things) for Santa to fill. Other gifts are exchanged by friends and family members. Traditions vary from family to family - in some families all of the gifts are from Santa.
Usually physically smaller gifts are stocking stuffers. In my family, they tended to be lower-cost as well (not on the leve
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Grammar GeekNot vulgar at all!
We hang stockings (which aren't actual socks, but specially made things) for Santa to fill. Other gifts are exchanged by friends and family members. Traditions vary from family to family - in some families all of the gifts are from Santa.
Usually physically smaller gifts are stocking stuffers. In my family, the tended t
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Hi again,
It should have been "they tended to be" - the stocking stuffers. They were lower-cost items, not expensive gadgets. (Although Santa did bring me my first camera.)
It should have been "they tended to be" - the stocking stuffers. They were lower-cost items, not expensive gadgets. (Although Santa did bring me my first camera.)
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