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Removing shoes when entering another's home in parts of North America...?
when did this start to become common, particularly with people of European descent? Somehow, I don't picture this commonly having been practised among people of European descent prior to the 20th century...but perhaps I'm wrong. Did the era of wall-to-wall carpets have something to do with this etiquette, or was it something acquired from cultures where shoe removal is common? Did the 60s era have something to do with it? Thanks.
Thanks for these answers so far, but I was hoping that someone would have a definitive notion of when this trend started. Living in Ottawa, I'm fully aware of some of the benefits, especially during winter. I wear slippers in my home, and bring my own slippers when visiting someone else's home. Without slippers, socks tend to pick up hidden dirt like a moist rag (because of perspiration)...then shoes start to smell foul. Thanks for your inputs so far, though.
I think it started off being more popular in the Netherlands and Scandinavian countries. It does seem to be more popular to do it in other parts of Europe than in the UK. I still have loads of friends that insist on wearing their shoes in my apartment and give me funny looks if i ask them to take them off.
Most people in the UK do it now for practical reasons, ie not to damage or mess up the floors but I think in the other parts of Europe it started off more as a custom, like taking your coat off when you come indoors. Shoes are meant for outdoors. Allot of people like to leave them on purely for vanity reasons i think. Or they are scared their feet will smell up the persons house! lol
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A carpet exemplifies any sort of loom-woven or knitted textile. Before the eighteenth century, carpets were not in use on the floors. Or Else they were projected as a wall and table covering. It was only in the eighteenth century that carpets were utilized in European interiors and were now interchangeably employed as a rug. The beginning of carpet is owed to the Caucasians who had overwhelming trade relations with the Venetians during the third and second millennium BC. During these times, carpets were taken to the entire of Europe, and the Europeans utilized them as wall coverings and tablemats or runners. They were as well expended to shroud benches, chests, and tables. In Italy, they were only employed during jolly social functions as hanging decorations in the balcony.
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