Happy Boxing Day
By Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (51570)
Canada
December 26, 2024 4:58am CST
Happy Boxing Day.
It IS a thing here in Canada. It has changed over the years, but it is still a paid stat holiday. The retail sector is open today, they want to pull in as many after Christmas sales as they can. There are no returns usually until after the new year. I have no desire to go out and buy discounted Christmas items.
In years and decades gone by Boxing Day was treated as version 2.0 of Christmas. Many families did (and some still do) treat it as the day to celebrate Christmas. Often families split up when they can gather depending on traditions to gather for in-laws and out of towners.
Our generation used to gather on Boxing Day for family gatherings with my Dad's side of the family, and on my husband's side, his mother's people would gather on that day. It was always alot of fun, you would pace yourself starting on the 24th as far as how much you ate, so as not to over-eat over the 3-day affair.
This year I intend on seeing how my husband gets along with starting the 3-D puzzle that I got for him which is actually a working wall clock, once he puts that together too. I may make a batch of cookies. He got me a really nice stand mixer, which I have never had, it will make really light work of mixing dough up now.
Happy Boxing Day, how do you celebrate?
~Photo is mine
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@sharonelton (29431)
• Lichfield, England
26 Dec
Happy Boxing Day to you too! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
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@sharonelton (29431)
• Lichfield, England
17h
@Juliaacv You're welcome and thank you very much. 
I'm glad you had a good Christmas. I had a lovely Christmas too, thank you very much.
I'm glad you had a good Christmas. I had a lovely Christmas too, thank you very much. 1 person likes this
@snowy22315 (182478)
• United States
26 Dec
Stand mixer is good. Does it come with a paddle attachment? So many of the more complex requirements (recipes) require that. I bought one of those mixers once which weighed a ton. I thought I would use it often, never did..and ended up reselling it
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@snowy22315 (182478)
• United States
26 Dec
@Juliaacv Good. The one I had was an older model and it easily weighed 40 or 50 lbs
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@Juliaacv (51570)
• Canada
26 Dec
@snowy22315 And........I just finally ordered myself a robot vacuum. I have always wanted one, but I never thought it practical, it would chase the dog, it would tumble down the stairs, etc, but today I treated myself and ordered one.
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@Juliaacv (51570)
• Canada
26 Dec
I saw a really reasonably priced one at Stokes, and I showed it to him online, it came with the mixing bowls and 3 attachments, a hook, paddle and a bread dough one.
It is heavy, but not a ton.
I put it in a spot on the kitchen counter where I should be able to remove the covering (I am keeping it under plastic for now) and then turn it sideways and plug it in.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50591)
• United States
26 Dec
Happy Boxing Day I never heard of this holiday until maybe a decade or so ago. It’s not celebrated here. Have a nice day.
I never heard of this holiday until maybe a decade or so ago. It’s not celebrated here. Have a nice day.1 person likes this
@wolfgirl569 (108478)
• Marion, Ohio
26 Dec
Happy boxing Day. We don't celebrate it here
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@Juliaacv (51570)
• Canada
26 Dec
@wolfgirl569 I used to be more of a high energy person, but that is fading.
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@LindaOHio (182294)
• United States
27 Dec
Happy Boxing Day. I am in the US; so we don't celebrate. Having a stand mixer is really cool. You will love it. Have a good weekend.
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@Juliaacv (51570)
• Canada
26 Dec
I love Boxing Day, it is such a great day to do whatever your little heart desires during a month when there are so many obligations.
He did love the puzzle but he is chilling today and hasn't made any motion to work on it.
Maybe on the weekend, I know once he starts he will not be able to put it down.
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@celticeagle (168595)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Dec
A 3-D puzzle huh? A working wall clock? That's so cool. We don't have Boxing Day here. I hope you have a nice one.
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@Juliaacv (51570)
• Canada
26 Dec
It was a very relaxing day here today.
My hubs didn't even attempt the puzzle today, maybe on the weekend.
He is concerned because this clock has a pendulum and it chimes on the hour, and we have a mantle clock which also chimes on the hour. It could get kinda noisey around here every 60 minutes.
@Marilynda1225 (83156)
• United States
26 Dec
Happy Boxing Day! hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Mine was really nice but I'm exhausted from all the celebrating. No shopping for me today even though I got some nice gift cards and am tempted to spend them.
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