My Stocking

a chair with a stocking and many folded handkerchiefs on it

PeterBy the way, we had a fine Christmas. I got handkerchiefs in/with my stocking. But of course, being our household, they didn’t come folded in a pile, but in a flurry of cranes, Samurai helmets and other origami and napkin folds. One forgets how truly spectacular a flock of hankies can be.

detail of an intricately folded handkerchief