And the Stockings Were Hung...

When I was a little girl my mother made my brothers and me some amazing felt appliqué Christmas stockings from a kit. My brothers' stockings were in a toy soldier theme and mine was in an angel theme.  Sadly, a certain little girl loved her stocking so much that she was known to wear it around a sometimes wet basement.  Needless to say, Mom's handiwork, along with her mood, was ruined pretty quickly...