5-09-2023 4:40pm

Today is NATIONAL LOST SOCK MEMORIAL DAY

Samantha Hespos Editor

National Lost Sock Memorial Day is a lighthearted and distinctive occasion celebrated on May 9th. On this day, we bid farewell to the lonely socks that have lost their partners in the unknown abyss. The enigma of where these unpaired socks disappear to is an age-old mystery that has puzzled people for generations. The solution to this puzzle may forever remain unknown, but it won't stop life from moving forward. It's lamentable to lose such a dear and trusted companion as a sock.

On May 9th each year, we commemorate Lost Sock Memorial Day. Despite efforts from inventors dating back to the pre-Tupperware era, mismatched socks remain popular today due to the prevention of separation anxiety. Without these efforts, we wouldn't pause to remember our lost socks.

TIPS FOR MARKING THE OCCASION OF LOST SOCK MEMORIAL DAY

National Lost Sock Memorial Day serves as a prompt to release the past. Bid farewell to those missing socks and declutter all of your abandoned hosiery. You can celebrate this peculiar observance by undertaking the following suggestions:

making sock puppets
turn them into dust rags
chose to never wear matched socks again
turn them into chew toys for pets
make wrist warmers
make sock monkeys
fill them with beans and use them for your corn hole game
fill with rice and make a door stop
open up both ends of a long sock and make a plastic bag holder

Do you have any innovative ways to make use of your old socks? Share your suggestions and bid farewell to your missing socks with the hashtag #LostSockMemorialDay.