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Why No Boxing Day? @Solsticepublish

12/26/2013

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Let me start out by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.  This year was much
better for me on a personal level.  Last year I came down with the flu on
Christmas Eve day.  It kept me up all night and I ended up sleeping through
most of the present opening with my children.  This year I was fine and had
the joy of watching my children and granddaughter open their gifts.  After
the merriment had subsided, I made my annual phone calls to my siblings and
father.  My sister and brother-in-law live in Canada and own a large retail
franchise.  They were happy to have a day off and were getting ready at
work for today.  You see, December 26th in Canada is a holiday called
Boxing Day.  If you already know about it, indulge me while I inform
everyone else.  This is the day of the after Christmas sales when
traditionally seasonal goods are “boxed up” for the year.  It is the
busiest shopping day of the year in Canada.  It made me wonder why we
didn’t celebrate it over here in the USA.  Retailers love a good
sale.  There are after Christmas sales anyway so why not take advantage of
a well-established holiday.  I mean seriously; if Sweetest Day can be a
holiday, why not Boxing Day?  When I lived over in Canada we always went
out on Boxing Day to return what we didn’t want and buy the items we did not
receive. Durable goods were particularly prized on this day.  The day
turned into more of a Boxing Day week.  It is all strictly commercial but
the sales were usually pretty amazing and the retailers liked the boost at the
end of the year.  There are sales over here in the United States but there
is not a holiday associated with them.  Is it just that it isn’t and
American holiday?  That can’t be it.  We celebrate many holidays here
that they do in other countries.  Take Christmas itself or Halloween or
even Thanksgiving.  What would it hurt to give Boxing Day a shot over
here?  I can’t see a down side to it.
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