Lump of Coal in Your Stocking

Blisterman

Does anyone here know someone who actually got a lump of coal in their stocking for christmas?

I went to school with someone who claimed he did. In hindsight, he was either lying or had really cruel parents.

Archeron

I once got a smack in the head of a lump of coal in a sock, but not at Christmas. Does that count?

_blank_

No, but I got a bag of soot once.

Oswald Osbourne

Back in my day coal was too precious a commodity to be wasted on a kid.

chopperbyrne

Not coal, but one year my cousins were being annoyed in the weeks leading up to Christmas by their youngest sister, so they told her she was getting sellotape for Christmas.

On Christmas morning one of them went down early and hid her presents and just left one.

When she opened it and saw the sellotape she started balling her eyes out crying!

Cruel but funny.

moco

No but my uncle got a picture of a bike instead of the bike he asked for.:(

Although my mum might have made that up.

Mossy Monk

I do know of someone that got a bag of coal. I lolled.

ekevosu

isn't there some old custom about giving a lump of coal to someone at christmas - that if a visitor to a house gives a lump of coal it means heat for the year - probably a new years custom

ScumLord

My ol lad put a potato in my stocking one year as a joke, he didn't think it was so funny when the spud came flying at him. Got sent to me room, ruined Christmas for everyone.

Duiske

ekevosu wrote: »

isn't there some old custom about giving a lump of coal to someone at christmas - that if a visitor to a house gives a lump of coal it means heat for the year - probably a new years custom

Its a scottish New Years thing. You call round to friends/neighbours and bring drink and a piece of coal. Back in the day, when people called they would bring enough coal to keep the fire going for an hour.

KingOfFairview

anyone ever get a doll, a drum, a kick in the bum and a chase around the table? I was constantly threatened with it but I never got it

FlutterinBantam

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Not coal, but one year my cousins were being annoyed in the weeks leading up to Christmas by their youngest sister, so they told her she was getting sellotape for Christmas.

On Christmas morning one of them went down early and hid her presents and just left one.

When she opened it and saw the sellotape she started balling her eyes out crying!

Cruel but funny.

jaysus:eek:!!! With what... the big thick 'BlackHawser' dildo that Santa brought her???

Susannahmia

My uncle was a really bold child so one year my gran left a sod of turf in his sock. He got other things though, just nothing in the sock. She said she felt bad afterwords!:D
My friends little brother was annoying her mam last year, she got so annoyed with him she told him there was no such thing as santa:eek:! He cried!

Mossy Monk

imred wrote: »

My friends little brother was annoying her mam last year, she got so annoyed with him she told him there was no such thing as santa:eek:! He cried!

LOL. I approve.

pid()

imred wrote: »

My friends little brother was annoying her mam last year, she got so annoyed with him she told him there was no such thing as santa:eek:! He cried!

Hahahaha. Legendary! Fair play to her.

red_ice

Oswald Osbourne wrote: »

Back in my day coal was too precious a commodity to be wasted on a kid.

so it was really a kick ass presant to get then?

hottstuff

I know of a friend who's child opened the rampant rabbit he had bought for his wife.:)
Needless to say it never got used and was binned.