VITA’s Essential Guide To Stockings & Stuffers

Just two weeks remain before these gifts will be hung by the chimney with care. During the last-minute holiday shopping shuffle, let stockings be your guide to thoughtful gifting. We suggest an unexpected and cozy stocking design, large enough to be filled with the fool-proof stuffers below. —Julia Dumbrell

SPECIAL STOCKINGS

Roots: Falling Snow Stocking

Available in three colours, the soft knit design of the signature Roots Falling Snow Stocking adds a special coziness to the mantelpiece ($34).

Jonathan Adler: Eden Stocking

The Eden Stocking features Jonathan Adler‘s signature slithering serpents, shoppable on REVOLVE for holiday season edginess. The posh stocking is rendered in glittering, dimensional beadwork and embroidery that pops on emerald linen ($83.57).

West Elm: Skier Boucle Applique Stockings

A portion of select West Elm purchases will be donated directly to SickKids Foundation, supporting its vision for healthier children and a better world through festive pieces like the whimsy Skier Boucle Applique stocking ($59).

CB2: Nutcracker Kingdom White Velvet Christmas Stocking

Inspired by the classical ballet, the white velvet CB2 Nutcracker Kingdom Christmas Stocking is adorned with an intricate pattern, on sale and available to be personalised with a monogram or name ($50).

Simons: Reclaimed fabric Christmas stocking

Made with recovered scraps of fabric and a timeless design for reusing, the festive stocking from Simons inspires a greener holiday season ($28).

SENTIMENTAL STUFFERS

Boston Pizza: Pizza Gravy

While not everyone loves holiday food, everyone loves pizza. Boston Pizza takes traditional dinners up a notch with Pizza Gravy, a stocking stuffer packed with Boston Pizza’s signature pizza flavour. Sure to be as universally loved as pizza itself, a portion of Pizza Gravy proceeds will go to Food Banks Canada ($10).

Our Place: Kitchen Utensils Set

Our Place perfected the six must-have cooking utensils and created one absolutely essential set. Included as part of the brand’s current sitewide holiday promotion, the stocking-friendly set offers everything needed for prepping, cooking, and serving ($89).

SOJA&CO.: Ambiance Spray

Gift the Ambiance Spray in SOJA&CO.’s best-selling fragrance, Pine and Cedar Bark, for a warm, woodsy blend that offers a nature-inspired experience within a stocking ($20).

Rocky: Natural Bar Soap

Rocky’s natural, nourishing cold-process bar soap is made in Canada, with fair trade organic shea butter and essential oils that will refresh a holiday stocking and the year to come ($8).

Omy Lab: Instant-Lift Express Revitalizing Mask

Omy Lab has unveiled its latest innovation just in time for final stocking selects, with the Instant-Lift Express Revitalizing Mask. Designed to revive dull, stressed-out skin, this mask delivers immediate hydration within a stocking, leaving the complexion looking brighter, fresher, and visibly smoother from just one use ($11/ single sachet).