What Day Is It?
It's Boxing Day, if you live in the UK or one of the Commonwealth countries. For others, it's just the day after Christmas Day, and for others still, it's just 26th December (or whatever your calendar says it is).
There are various explanations of why Boxing Day is so named, and how it came to be (see here and here), but when I was a young boy I assumed it had something to do with all the unwanted empty boxes which the gifts of the previous day had been in. The most noticeable thing about Boxing Day was that it felt a bit of a let down after all the excitement. No one seemed to want to do much except sit around and doze off.
So, however you are spending the day, here's some animated gifs with a boxy theme for you to gaze at (perhaps not a good idea if you have a hangover).
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I found these gifs here and here.
And just to round things off nicely (sorry, couldn't resist) here's a video from the eighties.
I found this comment on the You Tube page for this video from someone who identifies as Khaotikal. It made me smile: "So tempted to have this played at my funeral when they carry my coffin out. Quite apt."
