Measure Your Feet Day
When is Measure Your Feet Day? This holiday is always observed on January 23
Measure Your Feet Day, a January 23 holiday is a day to, well it’s a day to measure your feet. At this point, we stop and ask ourselves…why? We pondered this question for a while. Then, we decided it was best not to even speculate.
Celebrate today by determining the size of your feet. Both of them. Measure the length. Then, measure the width. For a little fun, see if you can measure someone else’s feet.
During our initial research in the early 2000s, everyone referred to this day as Measure Your Feet Day. We were happy to determine that congress did not spend the time to declare this a “National” day. Then, we researched this day again in the early 2020s. We did not find any additional information. However, for some unknown reason, we discovered some internet websites were referring to it as National Measure our Feet Day.
Definition of “National” Days – and why it is important to distinguish true National days.
Ways to Participate in Measure Your Feet Day
- Measure your feet.
- Measure the feet of everyone in the family.
- Play a guessing game. Someone in the group measures their feet. Then, everyone guesses how big someone’s feet are. Give out socks as prizes.
Today's Quote
“Never lose an opportunity for seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is in God’s handwriting.” – – Ralph Waldo Emerson
History and Origin of Measure Your Feet Day
Sorry, but our research has not yet discovered who created this day, when it was created, or why in the world it was created. We sure would like to meet them and see his or her feet.
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