Showing posts with label Boxing Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boxing Day. Show all posts

Monday, 27 December 2010

Boxing Day



We celebrated this English holiday over breakfast.

Yesterday.

In San Diego.

Which brought up speculation about the origin of the name.

A day to wear boxers?

A day to put Christmas gifts back in the box and return to the store?

A day that has something to do with the Boxer Rebellion?

It shows up on our calendars every December 26th with (Canada) in parentheses - what other countries celebrate boxers and boxed gifts?

Didn’t matter.

We ate our sausage and bacon and eggs and tomato and toast.

We drank our tea.

And because it was a table full of Americans celebrating, there was apple pie for dessert.