In the United States, children hang their socks at the fireplace for Santa to fill them with gifts during the overnight hours of Christmas Eve, 24th December. However, Santa reaches Hungary a bit earlier – it would be hard for him to cover the entire world in one go, right? – and visits us on his Feast Day, 6th December (Saint Nicholas Day). On this day, he is less generous though than at Christmas and leaves only some sweets and knick-knacks in the clean boots/shoes (you have to be very particular about polishing them the day before!) of children who behaved well during the year. Whereas, naughty kids are given some wooden sticks by Santa’s side-kick called Krampus.
In the shops, there are so many cheap-looking Christmas gift stockings at this time of the year; one wonders who buys them and most importantly, why. It makes a lot more sense to rather invest into some whimsical footsies for your tootsies. At least, they can be used. Most of them can even accommodate a smaller gift, and if you buy more than one, there will surely be enough room for everything you may be given. So, let’s take a look at what people around the world wear on their feet indoors and which stores carry the cutest pairs.
Britain – Albert slippers Charles Gale
Germany – Pantoffeln Adelheid
Hungary – szegedi papucs (slippers from Szeged) László Ormándi
Japan – tabi Rakuten
Russia – valenki Olga Chernikova
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