NATIONAL SOCK DAY
National Sock Day on December 4 recognizes the rarest of all lasting unities, the marriage of matched socks. When they manage, wash after wash, dry after to dry to keep finding each other through all the chaos, a celebration is certainly in order!
The founders of National Sock Day turned the tables on holidays that brought attention to such individualism like National No Sock Day on May 8th and National Lost Sock Day (for shame!) on May 9th. In an effort to promote the sock couples who remain together, whether animal magnetism (static cling) or chemistry (something in the detergent), National Sock Day is dedicated to highlighting even the tiny baby socks who manage to stay together.
We honor all matches made in laundromantic-matromony. From Argyle to tube socks, knee highs and fuzzy slipper socks, if they keep finding their mate over and over, National Sock Day wiggles its toes in their honor!
HOW TO OBSERVE
For every #NationalSockDay social media post, Pair of Thieves will donate a pair of socks to charity. So, share your rare pairs of socks by using #NationalSockDay on social media.
Join National Day Calendar for a Twitter party on December 2, 2016, from 1030 AM to Noon for some #NationalSockDay trivia for a chance to win a Pair of Thieves men’s socks!
Twitter Party Contest Rules:
Winners chosen at random during #NationalSockDay.
Only participants during the #NationalSockDay are eligible to win(10:30AM-12PM CST on 12/2/2016).
US residents only. No purchase necessary. Each contestant agrees to a complete release of Twitter and National Day Calendar. You also Acknowledge that the promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Twitter.Entrants agree their name will be posted if they are selected as a winner.
HISTORY
Pair of Thieves founded National Sock Day on December 4 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 and was unique in that it incorporated ballet with a traditional musical genre. The popular musical was again revived in 1984.
The second occurred in 1991 on the stage of the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The final concert for the mother-daughter duo known as the Judds took place ending a chart-topping country career that kept toes two stepping and filling boots for a long time to come. Daughter Wynonna continued on a successful solo career, and while mother Naomi joined her from time to time, even on a year-long tour in 2010, the Murphy Center concert is still considered the Judds final show.
National Day Calendar declared National Sock Day in October of 2016.
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About National Day Calendar
Founded in 2013 in the historic town of Mandan, North Dakota, National Day Calendar began as a kernel of curiosity that exploded into a growing collection of ways to celebrate. Every Day, founder Marlo Anderson and his team seek out all the daily, weekly and monthly observations and celebrations to keep you up to date and informed. Through daily updates, social media, mobile applications and much more, National Day Calendar helps you #CelebrateEveryDay!