Socks, socks, socks

BTW - when in doubt, and even when not, don't forget to get the socks! Christmas without socks is like Christmas without Claus, without snow, without eggnog, without - well you get the picture.

There's nothing quite like opening that small, soft package of new special socks on that special morning. It's not just that fresh new smell, or the way they cradle your foot for the first time, or the centuries old tradition, it's also the knowledge that they were picked out special just for you....

So if you need assistance picking out just the right socks keep these facts in mind:

• The word "sock" is derived from the Latin soccus, the Old English socc and the Middle English word socke.
• ACO sells over 50 kinds of them there socks. (Buy 3 get 1 free - until Wednesday)
  
• 8th Century Barbarians wore brightly colored socks.
• ACO sells some really colorful Smartwool socks
  
• Reverend William Lee of Nottinghamshire, England invented a sock-knitting machine in l589, and started to make hosiery out of cotton, wool and silk.
• Cotton socks are evil - they retain moisture and loose their shape, creating bagginess in your shoe. Silk is nice for office work.
  
• It was the Victorians in the late 19th century who insisted than men should wear dark socks especially after the death of Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband in 1861
• Did you know the Victorians also over-painted portraits of our ancestors so their clothes were more presentable?
  
• Synthetic fibers were presented to the public at the World's Fair in New York in 1939.
• ACO's socks are primarily synthetic, lately we've even begun selling socks partially made from corn. (Come to think of that, does that make it synthetic - it's real corn.

My favorite socks?
Well, since you ask...they're the EMS Women's Fast Mountain Socks