Learn · Sentences Describing Festivals
During Christmas, many families hang stockings by the fireplace.
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Narrator
During Christmas, many families hang stockings by the fireplace.
Study notes
How to use in different contexts
Giving Advice
You should hang stockings by the fireplace during Christmas.
Describing Habits
Every Christmas, our family hangs stockings by the fireplace as a tradition.
Asking About Others
Do you hang stockings by the fireplace during Christmas?
Sharing Hypotheticals
If we didn't have a fireplace, we'd hang the stockings somewhere else during Christmas.
Rephrased versions
Formal
Many families display stockings near the fireplace during the Christmas season.
Casual
Lots of families put up stockings by the fireplace at Christmas.
Simpler English
At Christmas, many families hang socks by the fireplace.
Phrases to learn
hang stockings
To suspend stockings, usually for gifts, typically during Christmas.
by the fireplace
Near or next to the fireplace.