new Delhi. December is the last month of the year. As soon as this month comes, the excitement among the people increases. People have two opportunities to celebrate this month (December), first Christmas and second New Year… Now when the month of December is going on and Christmas is celebrated all over the world on 25 December, the markets are also looking bright. Is. Different types of lights, gifts, Christmas trees have started appearing in the markets to decorate the house.
Many of you would also bring artificial trees to put up at your home during Christmas. You must have taken things to hang them on. You must have seen that different types of colorful socks are also available in the markets, which people use to hang in their homes, but have you ever wondered why people hang their socks on the occasion of Christmas.
very interesting story of hanging socks
The story behind hanging socks on Christmas is quite interesting. It is said that a father who had three daughters was very poor. Having three daughters, he was very worried about how they would get married. In such a situation, when the Christmas festival came after some time, those daughters prayed to Lord Jesus with a sincere heart and asked for help. After this everyone decorates the Christmas tree and goes to sleep. Hearing the prayers of the daughters, St. Nicholas comes to the roof of their house and goes away in the cold night by putting a bag full of gold in the chimney. The bag that St. Nicholas drops falls into a sock kept near the fireplace in the house.
Later, when the poor father sees the bag lying in the sock, he becomes very happy and marries all his daughters with great pomp. From the same day, the tradition of decorating stockings started in homes on Christmas day. Now everyone decorates their homes on Christmas and also hangs stockings so that God fulfills their wishes.