Well I did get some socks for Christmas. Kind of stockingy socks. Pale, thin over the knee socks with flecks of gold lurex in them. Which begs the quesion: where do socks end and stockings begin?

It used to be clearer when stockings needed extra engineering to keep them up but with 'hold ups' that's no longer a definitive quality. You'd think that socks needed a bit more substance to them, socks usually perform more than just a cosmetic function don't they? These particular Christmas socks aren't going to keep any chills at bay but they definitely come labelled 'over the knee socks'. Anyway they must be socks because there's no way my mum would buy me stockings for Christmas. That would be wrong on so many levels I can't even begin to contemplate it. pale, thin over the knee with gold lurex bits