Three named Christmas stockings hang from a garlanded mantel above a fire with candles and ornaments.

Sam, Mia, and Leo’s Stockings by the Fireplace

Sam’s stars, Mia’s trees and snowflakes, and Leo’s polka dots swing beneath a pine garland over the crackling hearth.

Free to print for personal and classroom use. This coloring page is part of the Stocking collection, made for ages 8–12 and drawn in a Standard style. A good pick for Christmas.

🎨 How to color it

Color Sam’s stocking cranberry red with gold stars, Mia’s stocking forest green with pale blue snowflakes, Leo’s stocking bright teal with white dots, and the mantel garland deep pine. Use sharp colored pencils for the tiny needles, names, brick lines, and little stocking patterns, then switch to broader strokes for the fireplace stones and wall. Try a warm yellow-to-orange glow inside the firebox so the three stockings look lit from below.

The story behind this coloring page

The Fourth Name Tag — Behind the tall candle, Orin held a blank wooden tag between his fingers. Sam, Mia, and Leo had hung their stockings before supper, each loop clicking softly on its hook. Read the full story →

Behind the tall candle, Orin held a blank wooden tag between his fingers. Sam, Mia, and Leo had hung their stockings before supper, each loop clicking softly on its hook. Orin had sanded the little tag smooth for three evenings, breathing in cedar dust, waiting for the right place to tie it.

The room settled into pine smell and fire hush. Orin watched the flames move over the bricks and the round ornaments tucked in the garland. The blank tag seemed too plain beside stitched stars, snowflakes, and bright dots, so he waited longer, turning it over and over until the edges warmed in his palm.

Then the candle flames leaned, and the tag caught the light. Faint lines appeared in the wood: four tiny marks his great-grandpa had carved years ago, one for every winter the family saved a place for someone new. “It already has a name,” Orin whispered.

He tied it to the empty bit of garland between the stockings, where it swung like a small promise. If you study the mantel carefully, you might find the patient spot where a blank wooden tag could glow behind the tall candle.