The Week contest: Shoe holiday
This week's question: As of July 8, for the first time in nearly 20 years, U.S. air travelers will no longer have to remove their shoes before going through security. If Americans were to commemorate the day they reclaimed their freedom to keep their footwear on, what should that holiday be called?
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THE WINNER: "Super Shoesday"
Jessica Russo, Elizabethtown, Kentucky
SECOND PLACE: "All Soles Day"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
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THIRD PLACE: "National Day of Heeling"
John Keefe, Mount Vernon, Washington
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Dia de Last Bare Toes"
Dallas Lea, Cary, North Carolina
"Keep on Keepin' 'em On Day"
Bill Kypreos, Gold Bar, Washington
"The Shoeyank Redemption"
Maranda Hunter, Parkersburg, West Virginia
"Walking on Air Day"
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, New York
"Boots on the Ground Day"
Diane Ross, Hatfield, Pennsylvania
"Walking Taller Day"
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
"Restoring the Soles of America Day"
Julie Schwerin, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
"Boston Toe Party"
Basil Bielicki, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
"Valentinos Day"
George Strong, Plano, Texas
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