National Flip Flop Day
National Flip Flop Day:
National Flip Flop Day is celebrated on Wednesday after Memorial Day every year, The day is to celebrate the colorful and most comfortable footwear.
Year | Date | Day | Where |
2023 | 31st May | Wednesday | United States |
2023 | 29th May | Wednesday | United States |
2025 | 28th May | Wednesday | United States |
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Why National Flip Flop Day?
Available in plenty of colors, flip-flops are considered to be the most comfortable footwear to enjoy. The unique design allows your tootsies to enjoy the air and is hence considered to be the best footwear during the summer season. It can easily pair up with shorts or even with long trousers, no matter what you love to wear. It is a day of celebrating this footwear and also getting to know more about their history and where they come from.
Donning flip flop is expected to have a therapeutic effect on people according to some health coaches and psychotherapists. It is easy to wear them and you can wear them in any color or design you want. It is less expensive and eco-friendly and you can wear them with ease too. This is why it is a day worth celebrating every year.
How can we celebrate National Flip Flop Day?
The flip flop is common footwear owned by everyone and hence it is a day of celebration for everyone.
- As you know this day was founded by the Tropical Smoothie Café and it is a day for you to visit one of their branches. You can of course wear a flip flop you love and visit the café to get a free smoothie on this day. Of course, as you wear your favorite pair of flip flops, you can also donate to a charity helping others on this day.
- Even if there is no café around you, you can make this a day to wear your favorite flip flop. Go on a stroll and enjoy the summer sun wearing your favorite flip flop with a comfortable outfit. You can even wear a flip flop at home, replacing your usual home slippers, and have others at home follow suit.
- If you don’t own a flip flop, then this is the perfect day to shop for one. Even if you have some, it is probably time to add to your collection. Many companies offer eco-friendly options and sturdy options to get a flip flop.
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Interesting facts about National Flip Flop Day:
While Flip flop is the most comfortable to wear, especially during summer, here are interesting facts to know about them and Tropical Smoothie café which initiated this day.
- In the year 2015, the café had raised nearly one million dollars for the charity to donate to Camp Sunshine. And so far, they have managed to raise as much as 4 million dollars.
- According to reports, nearly a 2.5billion dollars are spent on buying flip-flops in America, as of the year 2017.
- Havaianas sell nearly 150 million pairs every year of the famous flip-flops and is among the most popular producers of this footwear across the world.
- The shoe was initially known as “thong” and was used in this name almost till the 1980s and now the name of the flip flop has stuck with this footwear. It was named based on the sound it makes while you walk in them.
- The most expensive of the flip-flops have a painting done by David Palmer, a famous artist from Los Angeles with an eighteen-carat solid gold emblem, the brand logo of Chipkos, the company that produced them, on it. They cost about $18000.
- Some people associate wearing a flip flop with being free and liberating and it is considered an exception from formality and be casual.
- The flip-flops have been in existence since 4000 BC as we can deduce from the murals of ancient Egypt. But the first documentation of such footwear was worn during the Stone Age. Ancient evidence suggests that early flip-flops were made with animal hides, wood, and even rice straw.
- While the sandals were initially referred to by different names like slappies, snap-snaps, cluckers, etc., the term flip flop stuck to it.
- The current day flip flops have the strap running between the first two toes. However, during the early times, the flip flops were worn with straps running between the 2nd and 3rd
- The Japanese flip flops were made of rice straw and were called zori. The returning soldiers from World War II brought these flip-flops home which later led to the version made with rubber in the country.
History of National Flip Flop Day:
The National Flip Flop Day was created by Tropical Smoothie Café in the year 2007 to celebrate its 10th anniversary. On this day, customers can walk in and get a Jetty Punch smoothie for free wearing a flip flop. The charity and proceeds collected on this day are sent to Camp Sunshine, a place treating life-threatening illnesses and their effects on family members.