12-27-2021, 06:05 AM
Boxing Doggerel
We know when Christmas is, but who can say
which date this year defines as Boxing Day?
Apparently it was the very first
to mobilize commercially– at worst
it might be Monday if the Christmas feast
arrives on Saturday which gives at least
a chance to tip one’s staff and mailman on
a day they work, which Sunday isn’t (yawn).
Some places (Massachusetts) try to fix
the date of Boxing Day at twenty-six
December and so get it partly wrong–
red faces, Yankees, with your yuletide song!
We know when Christmas is, but who can say
which date this year defines as Boxing Day?
Apparently it was the very first
to mobilize commercially– at worst
it might be Monday if the Christmas feast
arrives on Saturday which gives at least
a chance to tip one’s staff and mailman on
a day they work, which Sunday isn’t (yawn).
Some places (Massachusetts) try to fix
the date of Boxing Day at twenty-six
December and so get it partly wrong–
red faces, Yankees, with your yuletide song!
Non-practicing atheist