One of the more interesting items is a black stiletto Christmas stocking designed after a boot worn by Lady Gaga.
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To a young boy relishing the beautifully engraved stock certificate that showed up in a Christmas stocking, there was something almost magical about the transaction.
He decided to not only help cover the food costs but also to make sure that these children, who were without food, would each have a Christmas stocking.
As she told my sons about Christmas when she was a little girl, her eyes lit up when she talked of the joy of finding an orange in her Christmas stocking.
Few things are sadder than a child whose Christmas stocking is not filled, and few things are madder than a parent rushing around at the last minute making sure that doesn't happen.
When asked in those quiet moments before interviews or after press conferences how things were going with solving the airport's problems, Mr Jones would get that look in his eyes of a boy who once got a model airplane in his Christmas stocking.
"We would urge people to start thinking about Christmas post and stocking up on second-class stamps now, " said Robert Hammond, of Consumer Focus.
Still, there is good news for people whose credit scores are about as appealing as a lump of coal in a stocking on Christmas morning.
For a stocking filler this Christmas, you might consider the latest volume in a survey of the works of Louis Armstrong on the Naxos label.
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Total food sales were up by 2.3% from October last year, with shoppers stocking up on Christmas goods and buying comfort food such as traditional puddings, custard and slow-cooked meats.
For the non-lawyers among us, the statement holds out the prospect of 'Craig Whyte: the Movie', a stocking-filler book for a future Christmas at Ibrox, and, of course, a reality TV format.
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