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Did anybody…..

Bonkers1 — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:02:02 GMT

Wear black patten shoes for holidays as a kid?

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DREAMON — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:07:58 GMT

Black for Christmas and White for Easter..but the year I got my White Go Go Boots was the best

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Krimpette — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:09:20 GMT

Always black patent Mary Janes!!!!!

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Jk9 — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:14:48 GMT

Oh yes !

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occasionalrain — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:16:06 GMT

Yes and a little handbag to match.

What about Buster Brown sandels in summer? Mine were red.

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Estellee — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:18:33 GMT

Yes, white patent for Easter and black patent for Christmas.

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Love my grandkids — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:22:57 GMT

@Bonkers1 As a little kid I had a pair of black patent leather shoes. When I outgrew them, we switched to white.

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Goodie2shoes — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:25:57 GMT

Absolutely !

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Desertdi — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:30:51 GMT

No. We believed the "rumor" that they reflected your underwear...

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OKPrincess — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:38:04 GMT

Yes I remember white patent shoes.

I'll have to look through my early day pictures to see what else I wore growing up.

😻😻

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vermint — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:45:05 GMT

I wore black patent or white patent, depending on the season. We used Vaseline to polish them, and toothpaste to take off scratches!

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Carmie — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:47:45 GMT

Always. I got a new pair every year right before Christmas and a new white pair before Easter.

We always got dressed up for church.

I only had one pair of school shoes and one pair of patent shoes at a time. During the summer months, I got a pair of new sneakers.

I wore corrective shoes until I was around 7 or 8. Anything was better than the boy shoes I had to wear....oxblood leather oxfords. To this day, I refuse to wear any type of tie shoes....including sneakers.

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Bonkers1 — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:50:28 GMT

@occasionalrain

OMG yes I forgot about the Buster Browns. I now remember the commercial

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Bonkers1 — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:51:43 GMT

@Desertdi

That is so funny.

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Bonkers1 — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:54:14 GMT

Yes I used Vaseline but not the toothpaste- good to know.

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Bonkers1 — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:56:02 GMT

@Carmie

So funny.

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meallen616 — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:30:01 GMT

@occasionalrain, Mine were red also!

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meallen616 — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:33:41 GMT

@Bonkers1,

Oh yes!! Black patent and white patent for the holidays!

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DREAMON — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:41:16 GMT

I was just thinking about how slippery those shoes were ...my Mom would tell me to go outside with my new shoes on and scuff the bottoms of the shoes so I wouldn't slip and fall in church.

I fell down our carpeted steps in the house numerous times with my slippery new shoes on.

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Big Joanie — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:44:53 GMT

I am going to tell my story about Black Patent Leather

shoes ....

I had to wear brownish red buster borwns .. there was a

girl in my grade at school that got to wear Black Patents

everyday ... my mother said they would ruin my feet ..

I was so envious ... I'm 77 and this was 4th grade and

I still think about that ...