Christmas Stockings

mom2maddie · #1 November 19th, 2011, 06:21 PM

I need advice...silly but I can't decide.
I want to get our names sewn on to our Christmas stockings. I can't decide what I should write.
Maddie is short for Madeleine. Maddie barely knows what her full name is so I don't know if I should use Maddie or Madeleine.
Sometimes we call Annabelle, Belly. I can't imagine that nickname will stick, Who wants to be called Belly?
So do I get full names on each stocking?
For me and DH, do I have Mom and Dad sewn on or our real names?
Thanks for your input!

challowell · #2 November 21st, 2011, 01:55 PM

I would put the full first name on there for both the kids. I would put Mom and Dad on the other ones.

Angelica81 · #3 November 29th, 2011, 10:34 AM

I'd use the names they go by. I could see using Maddie instead of Madeleine if that's what you always call her. For Annabelle, I'd use her real name instead of the nickname since Belly isn't a name she's always referred to as (especially since you don't think it will stick long term). On ours I'm going to put Alex instead of Alexander (we only call him Alexander when he's in trouble!)

For the stockings I'd use Mom and Dad (that's what we're doing anyway).