Boxing Day is not for pugilists but to offer gifts for the staff in Britain and Canada. Charlie Sue was quick to get up this morning, so I could get her some treats for the staff.
Just before Christmas I was getting the mail from the post office.That was dimmed by a series of health insurance bulletins - alone - in PO Box _____. My uncles were postal carriers, so I grew up hearing about all the anomalies of mail. Repeated bad work irritated my normally friendly uncles.
I told the same carrier the same tale about getting mail for the same medical insurance company time after time. He always made a note of that on the envelope and got increasingly irritated about the carrier who was so careless. I said, "At least he is consistent!" That made him laugh. He reached over and shook my hand, "Well, Merry Christmas! We won't darken Christmas!"
When the long line for Christmas went almost out the door, I was holding a big box, telling them, "Don't worry. The line is starting to move. I got here yesterday." Everyone laughed.
