According to "the Bible" records, the saints from the East send gifts when Jesus was born, this is the orignin of customs of Santa Claus send gifts for children. In the United States, the children hang a fluffy red stockings with white trim above the fireplace mantle, they believe that Santa Claus bring them over socks gift from the big chimney down in the night. In French, the kids put shoes on the door, so that when El Nino is coming, he will put the gift on the shoes inside
There was once a kind nobleman whose wife had died of an illness leaving the man and his three daughters in despair. After losing all his money in useless and bad inventions, the nobleman and his daughters had to move into a peasant's cottage. When it came time for the daughters to marry, the father became even more depressed as his daughters could not marry without dowries.
One night after the daughters had washed out their clothing, they hung their stockings over the fireplace to dry. That night Saint Nicholas, knowing the despair of the father, stopped by the nobleman's house after the family had gone to bed. He peeked in the window and saw the daughters' stockings hanging by the fire.
Inspiration struck Saint Nicholas, and he took three small bags of gold from his pouch and threw them carefully, one by one, down the chimney into the stockings. The next morning when the daughters awoke, they found their stockings contained enough gold for them to get married. The nobleman was able to see his three daughters marry, and he lived a long and happy life.
Leter, the children from around the world have inherited the tradition of hanging Christmas stockings. And children in some countries have other similar customs, such as in France, the children will put the shoes on the side of the fireplace and so on.