Christmas Stocking Coloring Page

Christmas coloring pages would be nothing without a christmas stocking coloring page!

I drew this one when I was listening to Christmas carols - a little over a week before Christmas. Snow had falled for the first time and everything looked so... well, christmassy!

So you know the legend behind the Christmas stocking?

It tells that very long ago, in a village, there lived a man with three daughters. That was the time that when a girl married, she was supposed to bring a dowry. The bigger the dowry, the more suitors she would have.

Well, this man was very poor - and he had three daughters. He was very worried about them because he could not afford to give them anything if they married.

Saint Nicholas (our Santa Claus!) heard of the family and decided to help - but in secret. He decided to give each girl a bag of gold. He waited for the night to fall and then crept into their home through the chimney.

So there he stood, wondering where to put the little bags of gold coins. He saw the girls had washed their stockings and put them to dry over the mantelpiece. A perfect place to put the gold!

And so, the girls woke up the next morning to find the gold. Now they could marry.

What a fun story!

And here is a Christmas stocking for you to color. Have fun!

Right-click to download this PDF file here.