Daniel loves his
Crocs - he'd live in them if he could. The ones he had this year were new and possibly slightly too big and we did find he was tripping over his own feet a lot. However, he never complained of having sore feet.
As for the socks or no socks question - I can't beleive you even have to ask. Crocs with socks is a definite no-no

Kind of like socks and sandals