Forum Game: The stockings were hung by the [chimney] with [care].

[chuckv3]

When I saw this forum thread, it made me remember some silly mental exercises my family has done in the past, and this one in particular: Every Xmas (or Holiday Season for us soul-less Atheists), we revive our effort to complete a humorous alphabetic list of variation of the third line from the classic Christmas poem A Visit from St. Nicholas.

We start with something like: "The stockings were hung by the armchair with angst" then "The stockings were hung by the banister with banality." We try to figure out comical alphabetic pairs of "places to hang stockings in a house" and "human emotions, attitudes or mental states"

I've got years of a head start so I won't post any of my others, but I'd love to see what others might come up with.

[SerialBeggar]

The stockings were hung by the air conditioner with apathy.

[Fridgy Daiere]

The stockings were hung by the bourbon with buffoonery.

If "by the bourbon" isn't a place in your house, well...don't judge.  :)

[Blondeshell]

The stockings were hung by the commode with contemplation.

[Thirty-Seven]

The stockings were hung by the davenport with depredation.

[Fridgy Daiere]

OK, paint a mental picture for me here...how do you hang or place something with depredation?

[mrultimate]

The stocking were hung by the elevator with exasperation.

[Relitner]

The stockings were hung by the foyer with facetiousness

[mrultimate]

The stockings were hung by the gargoyle with geniality.

[Fridgy Daiere]

The stockings were hung by the hamper with hypocrisy.

[mrultimate]

The stockings were hung by the incinerator with ingenuity.

[Thirty-Seven]

OK, paint a mental picture for me here...how do you hang or place something with depredation?

I didn't ask questions about your bourbon, you leave my depredation alone. LOL

[Heroette]

The stockings were hung by the jewelry with jealousy...

[Fridgy Daiere]

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Fair enough.

The stockings were hung by the kitsch with kerfuffle.

[houtex]

The stockings were hung by the liriope with lackadaisicalness.

[Pengy]

The stockings were hung from the metope with menace.

[Relitner]

The stockings were hung by the narthex with nonchalance

[houtex]

The stockings were hung by the obstetrician with ostentatiousness

[Relitner]

The stockings were hung by the obstetrician with ostentatiousness

I have six kids... I need an obstetrician in my house :p

[mrultimate]

The stockings were hung by the perkolator with pessimism.