1.   Because of them, Christmas stockings will be stuffed.

2.   Stuff a stocking with a new pair of garden gloves or a gift certificate from a favorite garden store.

3.   Stuff my stocking with wooden spoons and rubber spatulas.

4.   Those traditional publication dates gave readers a chance to find page-turners for summertime beach enjoyment and more thoughtful books for stuffing Christmas stockings.

5.   Try stuffing a stocking with the shares of Telxon Corp., maker of hand-held wireless computers for tracking merchandise at cash registers and in warehouses.

6.   While others are stuffing stockings, book publishers use Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa to cram young heads with what they hope will become the reading habit.

7.   You might also stuff stockings with soap flakes or bars of strongly scented deodorant soap.

8.   Dole also brought a present for Socks, the White House cat, from his dog, Leader, which McCurry divulged was a stocking stuffed with treats.