If you stuff stockings for the politically minded, statehouse-inspired socks might be on your loved ones’ wish lists this year.

Socks have traditionally been a groan-inducing holiday gift, but the Oregon Capitol socks, custom-woven in the pattern of the carpeting in the House of Representatives, the Senate and the Governor’s Office, are a hit at the Capitol gift shop and are expected to sell well this holiday season. (They already sold out once this year).

Also popular this time of year, according to store manager Jackie Donatelli: Oregon-made snacks and food products, including “trio” packages of olive oils, mustards, and jams.

Thousands of schoolkids visit the Capitol dome every year, and as customers, they tend to favor smaller, less expensive, items, such as statuettes of the golden pioneer, says Visitor Services Manager Juliene Popinga.

State of Oregon T-shirts that showcase the state flag — Oregon is the only state whose flag has two different sides — are well-liked too.

Stickers, Oregon-inspired coasters and postcards, teaching materials, and gift baskets also sell well, she says.

We caught up with Donatelli this week, just after the gift shop got its shipment of Oregon-made wooden toys, which sold out during last year’s holiday season.

Donatelli, who recently got a scholarship to travel to a trade fair in Las Vegas to scout for new gift shop items, said that based on her observations, about half of state capitols have their own gift shop.

Reportedly, Texas and California each have two.

Every item in the shop has to meet at least one of the three following criteria: it’s Oregon made, Oregon branded, or is convenient or seasonal.

For us political hacks, that begs the question — what about Oregon booze? That’s something that the state’s well-known for, after all, and it sure would be convenient.

The statehouse gift shop would first have to get a liquor license, and selling alcohol may raise some concern about shop volunteers, some of whom are Willamette University students and may not be legally able to proffer Oregon beer or wines, Donatelli said.

But they may try to sell non-alcoholic Oregon beverages in the near future, of which there are no shortage, either: iced tea, juice, or kombucha, for example. (That might be a good idea for the parched press corps, who still can’t drink the water in the Capitol’s basement taps due to lead contamination).