We never had stockings either. I do one for DD but I'm not really sure how they are supposed work - it just seems like extra presents but you have to go out of your way to find small ones. I love the challenge. Do you all do it like Floradora does it - on the end of their beds so that they can open it before they wake you? Do you let the little ones open them without you being there? I like seeing the reactions on her face for everything!