🧦 NATIONAL SOCK DAY | Dec 4

[KellytheBelly]

'National Sock Day' on December 4th recognizes the rarest of all lasting unities, the marriage of matched socks. When they find each other, wash after wash, dry after to dry, it's time to celebrate!

The founders of the celebration turned the tables on other sock holidays. Such individualism generated was out of control. Days like National No Sock Day on May 8th and National Lost Sock Day (for shame!) on May 9th were rebels.

To promote lasting sock matches, the observance dedicated the day to all pairs, even the tiny baby socks who manage to stay paired. We don't know if it's animal magnetism (static cling) or chemistry (something in the detergent), but these sock pairs deserve recognition!

The day honors all matches made in laundromantic-matrimony. We will turn no color, style, or size away. So, Argyle to tube socks, knee highs, and fuzzy slipper socks - if they keep finding their mate over and over, this National Day wiggles its toes in their honor!

HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL SOCK DAY

Do your socks match? If they do, celebrate them! You can also go shopping for a new pair of shiny new matching socks. They can be baby socks or grown-up socks. It doesn't matter. Make them fun, colorful socks. Stripes or polka dots, Argyle or geometric shapes.

NATIONAL SOCK DAY HISTORY

Pair of Thieves founded 'National Sock Day' on December 4th to warm our toes with the commemoration of two toe-tapping historical events that happened on this day.

In 1954, the final curtain fell on the first revival of the Broadway musical On Your Toes. The Rogers and Hammerstein production first made its debut in 1936. It was unique in that it incorporated ballet with a traditional musical genre. The popular musical was revived in 1984.

The second historical event occurred in 1991. On the stage of the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the Judds took the stage for their final concert. For years, the mother-daughter duo had kept country music lovers two-stepping. Following the concert, daughter Wynonna continued a solo career. From time to time, as Wynonna's career resumed successfully, mother Naomi would join her on stage. However, the Murphy Center concert is still considered the Judd's final show.

In October of 2016, the Registrar at National Day Calendar declared the celebration to be observed annually. [Founded in 2016 by National Day Calendar® and Pair of Thieves]

SOCK FAQ

Q. What are sock parts called?
A. The names of sock parts will not knock your socks off, but the different parts of the sock include:

Cuff - the top part of the sock
Rib - the tube structure that is between the cuff and the ankle
Angle - the bottom of the rib
Heel - shaped to snuggly form to the heel
Foot - the fabric between the ankle and the toe
Toe - the tip of the sock encasing the toes

Q. What's a sock hop?
A. A sock hop was a kind of dance event usually hosted in school gymnasiums or cafeterias. Dances were often required to remove their shoes to protect the floor and dance in their socks.

Other phrases that include the word 'sock' include:

🧦  Pull your socks up - to improve your work, behavior, performance, attitude.
🧦  Sock it to them/me - to use your full force, effort, or have a powerful impact on someone.
🧦  Put a sock in it - to stop being noisy, talking, arguing
🧦  Knock (your, his, her, their) socks off - impress someone with a performance, gift, idea, skill. [source: National Day Calendar]

Sock jokes, anyone?
[source: kneehighsocks.org]

🧦  What did the sock say during a race? I'm on the heels of victory!
🧦  What's a sock's favorite hobby? Knit-picking.
🧦  What do socks use to take notes? Toe-Do lists.
🧦  What's a sock's favorite TV show? The Walking Thread.
🧦  What did the sock say to the washing machine? You spin me right round.
🧦  What's a sock's favorite snack? Toe-stitos.
🧦  What's a sock's favorite horror movie? The Toe-minator.
🧦  Why did the sock get a medal? For outstanding feet in the field.
🧦  What's a sock's favorite dance? The Twist.
🧦  What's a sock's favorite Shakespeare play? Romeo and Toe-liet.
🧦  What's a sock's favorite book? To Kill a Footingbird.
🧦  Why did the sock go to the gym? To get a little more toe-ned.
🧦  What's a sock's favorite drink? Toe-tea.
🧦  What's a sock's favorite game show? Wheel of Foot-tune.
🧦  What's a sock's favorite city? Foot-ladelphia.
🧦  What's a sock's favorite band? The Rolling Socks.
🧦  How do socks greet each other? With a toe-tally awesome high-five!
🧦  What did the sock say to the hat? You go on ahead, I'll cover the foot.
🧦  What do you call a group of musical socks? A socktette.
🧦  What's a sock's favorite sport? Sock-er.
🧦  What do you call a missing sock? Absentoe.
🧦  What's a sock's favorite animal? A socktopus.
🧦  Why did the sock join the circus? It wanted to be a toe-balancer.
🧦  What do you call a sock that likes to argue? A deba-toe.
🧦  What's a sock's favorite planet? Toe-ptune.
🧦  What's a sock's favorite vegetable? Toe-matoes.
🧦  What did the sock say to the shoe? You complete me.
🧦  Why did the sock break up with the shoe? It was too clingy.
🧦  What did one sock say to the other? You're my sole mate.
🧦  What's a sock's favorite vacation spot? The Footji Islands.
🧦  Why did the sock flunk out of school? It just couldn't toe the line.
🧦  Why did the sock go to therapy? It had separation anxiety.
🧦  What do you call a sock that tells jokes? A funny sock!

BONUS SOCKS:

Ren & Stimpy - The Mountain of Missing Left Socks  [YouTube]