I must agree with her. My mother is one of 8 children and these stockings hang on my grandmother's fireplace every year. I believe grama made each one, and I remember noticing as a kid that the older the sibling, the more complex the stocking.. (Mom was the youngest, I think her felt figures were glued on..). Didn't phase me much growing up that Grandma had raised 8 kids, but now as I struggle day to day to stay sane with my only child, I wonder how she did it.
(Christmas 1966?)
In age order:
And for the record, I bought George's stocking from Pottery Barn..
(George's first Christmas, 2008)
