stockings

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Women would wear dresses and stockings; men would don suits and hats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

The other DHS clip is a montage of Yuletide cheer — Santa, elves, stockings, dancing — over a sped-up electro-trash remake of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Meanwhile, investors may be hoping for some gold and silver in their Christmas stockings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Wall Street’s bankers can expect a little something extra in their stockings this year, but there’s a murkier outlook for 2026.

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

The fire was becoming a more distant memory, even though Sasha still wore compression stockings.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater