HAPPY BOXING DAY!

 I guess you learn something everyday. I had never even heard of this holiday. But hey, if it involves looking at hot chicks in boxing glove, it can't be all bad.

So happy boxing day to you!

[From Theo Spark] "Linnane explores the ancient origins of this mysterious British holiday, and how it is celebrated throughout the Commonwealth."

Growing up a pack of Australian wild colonial boys in Southeast Asia, there was a bit of a disconnect for my brothers and I. Due to the British influence, our family followed the holiday traditions of a place we boys had never set foot in. I came away from my first Guy Fawkes bonfire at the British Club as mystified as before it was explained to me. Due to the war in neighboring ex-French Indochina we were surrounded by Americans, and we were slowly becoming Americanized. Thus, to me, Guy Fawkes is 'British Halloween'. The one I could never figure is 'Boxing Day.'


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