Boxing Day
Hey American friends, did you know that Canada has an extra holiday at Christmastime. That's right! December 26th is known as Boxing Day. What is it you may ask? Well...its a bit fuzzy, but I did a short search online to figure out what it really is. Its basically a day that was created to give stuff to the poor or to service people that have to work on Christmas. It may have also been a day when the money boxes that were filled over Christmas were given to the poor. It's also celebrated in Britian, Australia, New Zealand and some other Commonwealth countries. One thing I do know, I know that Boxing Day has nothing to do with the sport - boxing...but that could be an interesting holiday to start. A day when Canadians and Americans set aside time to hit each other in the head. Hmmmmm...
posted by barry-eh @ 9:00 AM
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hehe--didn't we walk you up and down enough mountains to know that you wouldn't stand a chance in anything aerobic, like boxing?
But as for holidays, and the stink about the wording for them this year and such, how do we deal with them? Honestly, they have such a good meaning in their base, even if taken from pagan rituals or whatever like Christmas was. But what meaning do we place with them, personally. I think that is the important part--to know why a holiday exists, and to have the personal meaning behind it. For instance, the 4th of July here in the US. A great time of fireworks, bbq's, etc, but really of our independence and creation of our country. To have that meaning internally. Of course Christmas should be even more meaningful.
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