Holiday Hearth Christmas Ornament

32039 Merck Family's Old World Christmas

Ornament measures approximately 4 1/2", made of mouth blown, hand painted glass.

Hanging a stocking by the fireplace became popular in the 1800s. Legend has it that St. Nicholas tossed bags of gold down the chimney into stockings drying by the fire that belonged to three poor sisters who lacked dowries. Today, children still hang stockings hoping for a Christmas surprise.