Boxing day! What are you returning or regifting?

[marylander1940]

 

I'm very specific about the things I want, therefore I don't return anything to the store to get a gift card, but I do regift a few things occasionally. 

Edited December 26, 2023 by marylander1940

[MikePDNA51]

Returning boots I did not want. 

[marylander1940]

1 hour ago, MikePDNA51 said:

Returning boots I did not want. 

[marylander1940]

Not sure if applies but I regifted things I got last year to relatives who don't live in town.

One book, and pajamas given to me by my sister to my cousin who lives in Philadelphia. 

[MikeBiDude]

Well Americans may have co-opted Boxing Day and turned it into returning/regifting, but that’s not the origin nor how it’s celebrated in many countries. Frankly it has more chartiable connotations. It’s also St. Stephen’s Day celebrated in many countries.

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The British Commonwealth holiday, typically celebrated on December 26, has nothing to do with fisticuffs.

 

[samhexum]

I keep trying to throw a boomerang that was given to me back to the giver but, well, you know...

[marylander1940]

3 minutes ago, samhexum said:

I keep trying to throw a boomerang that was given to me back to the giver but, well, you know...

[Ali Gator]

I received quite a few boxes of chocolates this year, which I could never eat on my own. So today, I brought in the boxes and shared them with my coworkers (I just had a few pieces). They loved the thoughtfulness, and the chocolates were gone within an hour or so (after lunch).

[mike carey]

On two continents, Boxing Day means the Boxing Day [cricket] test. 80,000 people were in the Melbourne Cricket Ground to see day 1 of this, the fourth test in the series, this year between Australia and India. Nine hours later, the same rituals were being played out at Centurion Park in metro Pretoria where South Africa is playing Pakistan in the first of two tests. The home teams were ahead in both matches after the first day's play, Australia having amassed a large score and Pakistan having been bowled out cheaply.

Both Australia and South Africa will play a New Years test starting on 3 Jan, in Sydney and at Newlands in Cape Town respectively. Boxing Day and New Years tests are also being played in Zimbabwe against Afghanistan but there are none in New Zealand as they played their tests against England in December.

The other big events of the day here are the Boxing Day sales, which have lost some of their fervour now that Black Friday is becoming a thing here (despite there being no Thanksgiving and no actual Black Friday), and of course the spectacular start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

Boxes? Yes, being flattened and consigned to the recycling bin.

[MikeBiDude]

19 hours ago, mike carey said:

the spectacular start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race

I forgot to watch the start! Which is of course dinner time Christmas night here in SoCal. Two tragic deaths on two separate boats on Day #1, so very sad. Multiple boats dis-masted, Comanche a perennial favorite and friends of mine lost their mainsail and had to retire from the race.

[mike carey]

3 minutes ago, MikeBiDude said:

I forgot to watch the start! Which is of course dinner time Christmas night here in SoCal. Two tragic deaths on two separate boats on Day #1, so very sad. Multiple boats dis-masted, Comanche a perennial favorite and friends of mine lost their mainsail and had to retire from the race.

Yes, a rough year, the first fatalities since 1998. The CYC has defended not calling the race off when things started to go south in other than the usual way. They made the entirely rational point that once the race was underway skippers can (and would) make their own decisions, and it is by no means certain that retiring or turning around in those conditions would be a better option than continuing.

LawConnect took line honours overnight, for the second year, with a time of about 1 day 13 hours, a couple of hours over the race record.

[MikeBiDude]

21 minutes ago, mike carey said:

once the race was underway skippers can (and would) make their own

Yup, that’s Rule #3 in the World Sailing Rules of Racing, right after helping those in danger and fair play.

[pubic_assistance]

Boxing day! What are you returning or regifting?

We always called it Saint Stephen's day. It was the day you went to visit family who you didn't see Christmas Eve or Chistmas day.

Today is Saint John day. When you visit your close friends for Christmas. ( "Saint John the beloved" was known as the closest and most beloved friend and disciple of Jesus. ) So today we celebrate our most beloved friends. My wife and I are hosting friends tonight. Been cooking yet another holiday meal since 3:00pm today. Schnitzel and Rotkohl mit Spaetzle

Edited December 27, 2024 by pubic_assistance

[samhexum]

6 minutes ago, pubic_assistance said:

My wife and I are hosting friends tonight. Been cooking yet another holiday meal since 3:00pm today. Schnitzel and Rotkohl mit Spaetzle

Coulda just gone to Glendale and had a relaxing day.  Just sayin'...

OR CATERED...

[Ali Gator]

5 hours ago, pubic_assistance said:

Boxing day! What are you returning or regifting?

We always called it Saint Stephen's day. It was the day you went to visit family who you didn't see Christmas Eve or Chistmas day.

 

The family we didn't see on Christmas Eve / Day we visited with on New Year's Day.