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justcarol67
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Thu Jul 15 22:57:47 UTC 2004
moonmyyst wrote:>
> I will admit to my age!! I am now double the legal drinking age and
am proud of every gray hair hidden under the red dye!! (I am 42). I
will be 43 on the day after Christmas. When I was young, I noticed on
a calander that our Brit cousins call this day Boxing Day. I thought
for many years that this meant they went around hitting each other. I
thought this was pretty lame. I found out a few years ago that it
actually means they gather all of their old things up and give them to
charity. That is actually pretty cool!!
Carol responds:
December 26 is also St. Stephen's Day, in honor of the first Christian
martyr, aka the Feast of Stephen, as in the Christmas carol "Good King
Wenceslas." And, of course, it's the second day of Christmas ("two
turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree"). It's amazing how many
people think that the Twelve Days of Christmas come before, not after,
Christmas.
Carol
P.S. Peeves just came by (after ten minutes). Still waiting for the
phone to ring.
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