YOU SAID:
I left my stocking by the fireplace
INTO JAPANESE
ストッキングを暖炉のそばに置いていった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I put stockings near the fireplace
INTO JAPANESE
ストッキングを暖炉のそばに置いています
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I put stockings near the fireplace
That didn't even make that much sense in English.