I usually associate stocking stuffers to under $5 or even $10.
But it could also mean, "small enough to get lost under the tree" so you put it in the stocking so it isn't misplaced in all the wrapping paper and boxes.
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"Stocking stuffers" in my home are there to keep the kids occupied when it's not their turn to open gifts.
Maybe $25 total in a stocking.
That seems right. Generally stocking stuffers are a few wee candies or toys to fidget with. Less memorable and more about rounding out the day.
Aldi has a pack of 5 small chocolate bars for like 2.80. It's stupidly good chocolate too. That's a stocking stuffer if ever there was one.
Aldi chocolate is a hidden treasure!
Absolutely. I'm spoiled to where I am suddenly tasting the wax in regular Hershey's bars
However much Terry's chocolate orange is.
I thought it was the size of the item rather than its cost. So a small expensive item could be a stocking stuffer, but a large cheap one would not be. I'm probably clueless though.
Usually thought to mean both small and cheap. Also something you could give several people without too much thought.
My stocking stuffers every year are: $150 in scratch off tickets, a multipack of chapstick, and chocolates
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I'm travelling for work in New York. I'm considering the "cashmere" scarfs that street vendors are selling. Under $10.
I always go to the dollar store and buy some chocolate for my son. Its a tradition. Then I put little snack for the dogs in their stocking. Maybe 20 bucks total for all 4 stockings.
I have a few levels for my gift-giving, like immediate family, close friends, coworkers, etc. I try to have all gifts within each level total to being within a dollar of each other. For me, "stocking stuffers" are the things I use to bring the total value for a person within range.
Socks are always a good stocking stuffer. Also candy, bathroom products, cards, etc.
Depends on the family.
I like less than $15 per item, with useful or fun $1 things. No more than a small mound.
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Lotto tickets and candy, maybe practical things like a new umbrella that are lame to gift otherwise.
Clearly you haven't been gifted awesome umbrella.
$1 - $5
Toothbrush Candy Hand cream Teeny bottles of booze
But mostly candy
My stocking as a kid was generally socks/underwear, body wash, a magazine/book, some Lotto tickets, and chapstick or something like that.