Happy Boxing Day
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When I was a kid I honestly believed my dad went boxing on Boxing Day. If you saw my dad you'd realise how ludicrous this was. Tweed sports-jacket and a pipe.
It's a shame that it isn't a thing here. Not the boxing, the extra holiday - you get two days for Thanksgiving, you really should get two for Christmas.
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In the CDN Reserves and Regforces, we inherited a tradition making Boxing Day a busy one for officers and Senior NCOs. The officers served lunch to the latter (excluding the Regimental Sergeant Major) in the Sergeants’ Mess after the Senior NCO’s had finished serving lunch to the ranks in the Soldiers Mess. After that the Senior officers would serve lunch to the junior officers and Regimental Sergeant Major in the Officers’ Mess. Following lunch all the senior NCO’s would be invited into the Officer’s Mess lounge for cocktails on the officers’ Mess dues account.
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Forgot to post this yesterday.
An Irish Boxing Day tradition:
https://www.doolin2aranferries.com/blog/the-day-of-the-wren-la-an-dreoilin/
Link to videoThe’re even tunes celebrating the St. Stephen’s Day massacre:
Link to video
