Stocking Stuffers

Stocking stuffers should, for starters, fit in a Christmas stocking. So please, all stores ever, if you're going to advertise something as a stocking stuffer it should be size-appropriate, in addition to cute or funny or, frankly, utterly useless. This is not to imply that all stocking stuffers are useless, my Christmas stocking often includes quite useful things like silicone measuring spoons, or socks. Some people I know get amazing jewelry in the toe of their Christmas stockings. But you know what no one wants in an actual stocking? A Hummingbird Feeder with Ant Moat. Too big. If you want that as a present, I don't judge (well, a little. There are much more attractive options), but it is a gift. You know, for under the tree.

Let's take some examples from Amazon (searching in the stocking stuffer category). Flinger flying animal puppet = stocking stuffer. 10" Atomic Clock = present.

This isn't about price or tradition. It's about grammar / logic. If the purpose is to be stuffed in a stocking, then it should at the very least fit inside a Christmas stocking when boxed and wrapped.