Santa filling stockings hung on the mantelpiece

Santa leans in to slip a toy into one of three stockings hanging from a mantelpiece, with a row of lit candles and a garland of holly along the top. The stockings sit side by side, so give each one its own pattern: stripes, dots, a plain color, and maybe the initial of a child on each. The famous line about stockings hung by the chimney with care comes from A Visit from St. Nicholas, the poem printed in 1823 that also gave Santa his eight reindeer. Santa in the chimney shows how he got into the room.

How to color Santa filling stockings hung on the mantelpiece

1. A different pattern on each stocking, with the cuffs left white.
2. Yellow and orange for the candle flames, green and red for the holly.
3. Brick red or wood brown for the mantelpiece.