https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 16:00:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings/page/2#post-1913253 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:44:24 +0000 youboots 1913253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17 thanks for the Lands End idea! I just ordered 2 for us and will order 1 for the babe when we name them next year.</p> <p>PSA: the designs I ordered were back ordered and by the time personalization is done and the items are shipped it will be nearly Thanksgiving by the time they arrive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings/page/2#post-1913223 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:33:38 +0000 looch 1913223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So my son's stocking has his full name, I called him that almost exclusively up until this year, where I have begun to call him the shortened version. I guess you never know, but you know what, stockings are cheap enough now that you might want to get a new set eventually anyway. </p> <p>I'd go with his full name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings/page/2#post-1912899 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:16:19 +0000 loki 1912899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>if you're really worried, buy an extra blank one and put it somewhere safe! if he ever changes his mind you can get it embroidered and it'll still match! my MIL bought us all personalized stockings last year and bought two extras because DH's siblings are unmarried... eventually their spouses will get the same stockings too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings/page/2#post-1912847 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:47:08 +0000 sorrycharlie 1912847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: same spelling and all! High five! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings/page/2#post-1912835 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:41:26 +0000 78h2o 1912835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have these stockings from Lillian Vernon. <a href="http://www.lillianvernon.com/product/sleighreindeerheirloomneedlepointstocking.do?sortby=bestSellers" rel="nofollow">http://www.lillianvernon.com/product/sleighreindeerheirloomneedlepointstocking.do?sortby=bestSellers</a> My mom got me one from there about 10-15 years ago. I got one for LO and they match perfectly. I'd get one from someplace like that, go with Xander, and then change it down the road if you need to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings/page/2#post-1912814 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:34:50 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1912814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: totally possible! I got ours last year at target and took them to a place locally to be personalized, so finding the exact one would be tough for me. PBK is probably more consistent over the years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings/page/2#post-1912812 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:34:13 +0000 Adira 1912812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: My mom has asked me the same question a million times, haha! She actually hates the nickname Xander and rarely calls him that. :P</p> <p>We always liked the name Alexander and when we decided on the nickname Xander, we knew we wanted to keep his fullname as Alexander because he wanted him to have something classic to use for professional reasons in the future. Plus we wanted to give him the option of going by something more "normal" if he decides he hates Xander someday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912801 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:30:19 +0000 ShootingStar 1912801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would go with Xander. I think it's unlikely that one day he'll want a completely different nickname. And it's not a babyish nickname. For example, DH's name is Matthew and as a child everyone called him Matty. I would think it was silly to put Matty on a kid's stocking because it's obviously babyish. But Xander seems like a name he could use his entire life.</p> <p>Out of curiosity why did you choose to name him Alexander instead of just Xander? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912797 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:29:40 +0000 Adira 1912797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: I'm the same! Though maybe if I end up getting PBK stockings or something, they'll still have them in 10 years if I need a replacement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912796 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:29:29 +0000 rachiecakes 1912796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd go with NN - I actually have this problem with DH. He goes by a NN, J calls him 'Da'.<br /> I should probably just order plain ones for us! haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912794 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:29:01 +0000 cmomma17 1912794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: you should totally get Lands end embroidered stockings. The style hasn't changed in like 20 years and they are high quality. Easy to replace a stocking or add a new family member down the road and still have them "match." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912789 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:28:28 +0000 Adira 1912789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: Good point! I hope he always is called Xander, but who knows!</p> <p>@cmomma17: That's true! I always just had one stocking my whole childhood (that my parents still hang up as decoration), but my name is only 5 letters and I didn't really have a nickname. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912786 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:27:03 +0000 youboots 1912786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie hello fellow Ali ;) My full name is Alison, but most people call me Ali, my Mom embroidered My NN on my stocking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912785 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:26:36 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1912785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: haha well i would go with embroidery over printing then, so it isn't permanent. Its not easy to remove (so google tells me) but its possible. Or you could always just replace his stocking later if it bothered him (although that would hurt my type-a self because i want the stockings to match haha). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912777 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:25:26 +0000 cmomma17 1912777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: couldn't you just buy a new set of stockings in 10 years? I honestly wouldn't stress over it. Right now he is Xander.<br /> I know I didn't just have one stocking my whole childhood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912769 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:23:07 +0000 Adira 1912769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: Errr, I don't know! I haven't actually picked out stockings yet, haha. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912768 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:22:56 +0000 MaryM 1912768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it depends on what YOU will always call him.</p> <p>We never had personalized stockings, but if we did...</p> <p>My brother goes by his middle name and always has. My parents called him by his middle name, and when he got to school he stuck to that because that's what he was known as</p> <p>so if he had a stocking with his first name on it, that would have been totally weird. I'd go with whatever you feel most comfortable with</p> <p>I mean...the difference between Alexander and Xander is only three letters... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912764 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:21:32 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1912764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: is the name embroidered? Couldnt it be removed later and you could have another name added if thats the case? I would go with what you call him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912763 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:21:29 +0000 Smurfette 1912763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Xander </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912753 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:19:25 +0000 Adira 1912753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: haha, thanks! :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912740 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:16:28 +0000 sorrycharlie 1912740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: eh, he'll survive! I used my stuffed-head-polar-bear baby stocking til I moved out..and it came with me ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912739 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:16:01 +0000 Adira 1912739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: haha, yeah, probably! I'm just worried that when he's 10, he'll suddenly want to go by Alex and then he'll have 8+ more years in the house with a stocking that doesn't reflect his name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912734 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:15:14 +0000 lawbee11 1912734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd put Xander on the stocking </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912730 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:13:05 +0000 cmomma17 1912730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I'd just do Xander! It's what you call him! And when he's adult and has his own family, won't he want to get his own stockings? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912720 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:09:19 +0000 Adira 1912720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: Yeah, we definitely just exclusively call him Xander. I have to remember that's not his full name whenever I check him in at the pediatrician's office, haha. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912715 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:07:44 +0000 loki 1912715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think if you exclusively call him Xander (seems from HB you do!) you should get that. My actual name is Elizabeth but I go by Lisa and having a stocking with Elizabeth would be super weird to me and to everyone else, really. If he ever changes his mind and wants to go by something else, you can get a new stocking for him! no biggie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912663 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:52:36 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1912663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>NN, if that is what the person is always called or prefers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912659 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:52:00 +0000 Adira 1912659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Yeah, that's my worry! Maybe I should just not get personalized stockings, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912657 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:51:19 +0000 Adira 1912657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: I think that if, at some point, he decides he wants to be called Alex, I'll call him that. And then if that goes on forever, I might just get used to that and then he'd be Alex to me?? I don't know... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nicknames-and-personalized-christmas-stockings#post-1912653 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:49:54 +0000 regberadaisy 1912653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends. We want the stockings to be good until they have their own family. A nickname as a toddler might not follow through to their teen years! </p>