Hope everyone is rushing off to give their servants their boxes today! (Yeah, trust the British to have a separate day for giving prezzies to your inferiors.)
I had a very pleasant day yesterday - a little gift-exchanging in the morning, phone calls from both my sister and my mother (who both enjoyed their presents), and then I spent the rest of the day watching the Dr. Who marathon (I'd forgotten how much I enjoy Dr. Who) and cooking. (Bacon, eggs, & toast for breakfast; turkey meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and lemon-scented peas for Christmas dinner; and chocolate-espresso sandwich cookies for dessert. Mmmmmmmmm.) I'll admit I didn't pay attention to this year's new Dr. Who Christmas special, because from about 4 pm on I was engrossed in one of my gifts, the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, and I didn't go to bed until I finished the trilogy at 2 in the morning. So. So. Good. My new favorite books! (And I read them so fast that I can turn around and re-read them without any loss of pleasure. Although perhaps not today.)
So now it's back (somewhat) to reality. Gotta do some laundry. And I may actually go for a walk later, since we're supposed to make it into the 50s. (Only problem with my current city: white Christmases are pretty unusual. Then we make up for it with a bunch of snow in March.) Hope everyone had a lovely day yesterday and has a lovely day today!
What's wrong with giving prezzies to one's inferiors? :p All the British care about now is that it's an extra day off work to allow us to nurse our hangovers!! Maybe the US should adopt Boxing Day too? :p
As well as it being a "servant's holiday", Boxing Day was also traditionally a big day of hunting on horseback accompanied by hounds - http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/p_zSqbihNJr/Participants+Prepare+Traditional+Boxing+Day
The ban on fox hunting 10 years ago more or less put paid to that but some people still go out for the fun of it. Or something like that.
Hope you had a good Christmas and good luck with the laundry! :-)
Posted by: Michael | Sunday, December 26, 2010 at 10:39 AM
Nothing's wrong with giving prezzies to inferiors, except that in the US we don't like to admit there are superiors and inferiors. ;-)
Posted by: New Kid on the Hallway | Sunday, December 26, 2010 at 04:37 PM
It sounds like you had an awesome holiday! Yay! :)
Posted by: comebacknikki | Sunday, December 26, 2010 at 05:58 PM