aissa
Snellville, GA
age: 38
| You're welcome -- but not your shoes A little understanding can avoid dust-ups at the door By Heidi Stevens Tribune staff reporter December 9, 2007 FORGET THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. Rudy versus Mitt versus Hillary versus Barack? Mere child's play. You want a real debate? Ask your holiday guests to take their shoes off at the door. "People have really passionate views about this," said Noelle Howey, deputy editor at Real Simple magazine. "Some people feel very offended if they're asked to take off their shoes. Other people are equally offended if a guest balks at the request. It's very much a hot-button etiquette issue." Perhaps at no other time of year is this dispute more impassioned: The holidays provide endless opportunities for entertaining guests, and the weather provides endless amounts of crud on your shoes. Where you come down on the question may depend on a number of factors--social, cultural and geographic, among others. How to deal with the issue is a universal quandary. As a Chinese-American, David Chan grew up surrounded by friends and relatives who removed their shoes. "It just never made sense to me to wear shoes in the house," Chan said. "When do you eventually take them off ?" Chan's fiance, Tiffany Simon, grew up in a shoes-on household. But the couple have adopted a no-shoes policy for the Lake View home they now share. "When people come over, we just say, 'I'll take your coat, you can just leave your shoes here,' " Chan said. "One of our friends doesn't like it because she wears tall shoes--she says it makes her feel short. But most people don't make a big deal." For Lisa Mariscal, it's a matter of health. 
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bubbadt
Kennedy, NY
age: 66
| I got a feelin that party is gonna bust up.
With all them people takin shoes off.
ITS A SURE THANG IT GONNA STINK IN THAR.
WHEWEE WHAT A REVOLTIN DEVELOPMENT THIS IS GONNA BE
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aissa
Snellville, GA
age: 38
| That's an interesting perspective. I actually never thought about it like that before as I grew up doing just that. I am muslim and growing up, we were not allowed to take shoes into houses, especially in areas that might be kept pure for prayer purposes.
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