Happy Boxing Day!

Santa in boxing gloves, Pixabay

This week I’ve been enjoying time with family, so just a quick post today. It is Boxing Day, after all. Depending on where you’re from, you might be celebrating by going shopping, giving to charity, or boxing up gifts (and leftovers!) for your servants.

• Just the facts, ma’am: from timeanddate.com
• A bit more fun about Boxing Day from mentalfloss.com

Or if you’re from the US, announcing Boxing Day brings a big “Huh?”

If you tell a 10-year-old it’s Boxing Day, I learned today, he starts doing shadow-boxing.
 
If you tell his mother, she guesses boxing up gifts to return.
 
Search YouTube for Boxing Day and you get non-US ads for Boxing Day sales. And an occasional funny video

​Search for songs about Boxing Day and you get Blink-182 Boxing Day, bemoaning a lover’s leaving on Boxing Day

 I’m empty like the day after Christmas”

​So I’ll leave you with a Boxing Day wish:
May you enjoy time with friends and family today, with no need for boxing matches or gift returns. And if the day does leave you feeling empty, may you ease the pain by giving gifts to your servants.  Or a laugh to yourself.

Boxing Day, George Redgrave, flickr