Daughter Visits Her Dad Only To Get Upset As He Didn't Display Her Christmas Stocking

The daughter hasn't spent Christmas with her father for the past three years.

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• Published in Interesting
• January 31, 2023

Santa Clause himself was the origin of the Christmas stockings tradition. The story was about the three sisters who placed their stockings by the fire to let them dry.

Saint Nicholas threw gold-coin-filled bags because he knew that they were so poor. The money landed in each stocking.

This turned into a Christmas tradition wherein children would hang their stockings (sometimes with their names on them), hoping that Santa would bring them gifts. Parents will then put some coins or candies while the little ones are asleep.

Other families would continue this tradition even when their children are adults. Sons and daughters would spend time with their parents and see their stockings on display.

A woman in today's story, however, got disappointed after visiting her dad on Christmas. Every family member's stockings were there, except for hers.

According to the dad (who shared the story on the "Am I The A**hole?" (AITA), her daughter rarely comes over for Christmas, so he didn't hang her stocking this time.

Even after inviting her over, he didn't expect her daughter to come to the family dinner. After dinner, she argued with her dad.

The dad tried to explain his side, telling her that he loved her so much. He just thought that she'd be spending Christmas with her new boyfriend.

So was the original poster (OP) wrong for not hanging the stocking of her daughter, who rarely visits during Christmas? Let's see the community's reaction.

A father decided to ask for the opinions of the AITA community about an argument with his daughter.

He decided to hang everyone's stockings, except for his daughter whom he thought would no longer spend Christmas with him.

Her daughter got mad after discovering that her stocking wasn't displayed.

He wants to know if he was wrong for not hanging her daughter's stocking.

The community agrees that the OP should've displayed his daughter's stocking.

Some people also told the OP to just hang the stocking.

Other Redditors would still hang their loved one's stocking, even if they're no longer around.

The OP can always display his daughter's stocking even if she doesn't visit. She is part of the family, after all.

Whether or not a family member is around, their stocking should be displayed during Christmas.

Redditors looked into his profile. It seemed that he's favoring his other daughter.

Some people think he's a bad father for favoring his other daughter.

The OP was the one who invited her. She can show up anytime, so her stocking needs to be displayed.

The OP should just hang the stocking, even if he knows that his daughter is coming.

The daughter probably felt like an outsider because she didn't see her stocking.

Redditors are questioning his decision to not display his daughter's stocking.

The daughter felt excluded because of OP failed in a simple thing.

It's clear to Redditors that the OP has a favorite child.

She is part of the family, so her stocking needs to be on display during Christmas.

Imagine being in the OP's situation. You see the pets' stockings, but don't see yours. How would you feel?

We hope he hangs his daughter's stocking moving forward. And that means hanging it even when he knows she's not coming.

It's very easy to hang a family member's stocking. That's why Redditors are puzzled about why he isn't doing this for his daughter.

The dad should put himself into his daughter's shoes so he can understand how she felt.

The daughter must've felt that she was no longer part of the family when she saw that her stocking wasn't there. The dad should consistently hang everyone's stockings, whether they're coming over or not.

But from the looks of it, it seems that he really is favoring his other daughter. That's why the community judged him not only for what he failed to do in this situation but also for what he did previously that hurt his older daughter.

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