Online Cody Foster Co. Well Hung Glass Ornament by Cody Foster

A Christmas stocking, in red glass, named with a straight face. As Christmas stocking ornaments go this is the traditional shape rather than a novelty one, so it sits comfortably on a classic tree while the name gives whoever reads the tag something to enjoy. Glass is the reason it holds up next to older family pieces: it has the weight and the shine of the ornaments already in the box, where a felt or printed stocking would look like it arrived from a different decade. Cody Foster makes a lot of glass, and this is one of the simpler, more useful things they do. Buy it for a first apartment, a new baby’s first Christmas, or a hostess who keeps the mantel serious. It also works as a package topper on a gift that needs one good detail, and it hangs happily beside the Christmas barn on a traditional tree.

How do you hang Christmas ornaments on the tree? Most hanging ornaments come with a loop or cord at the top, and an S-shaped ornament hook slipped through that loop lets you hang them from a branch. Heavier pieces sit most securely on an interior branch closer to the trunk, where the wood is thicker and less likely to bend.