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Freddie

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2. Wish we had Boxing Day!

Reply to CAG (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2013, 06:28 PM

Nov 2013

I tell my British cousin to enjoy the holiday we're not having.
I think the origins are you're supposed to "box up" your excess gifts and food and give them to the poor.

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I HATE BOXING DAY!!! D&@mn Brits... [View all] CAG Nov 2013 OP

It's better than calling it MagnumUK Nov 2013 #1

Wish we had Boxing Day! Freddie Nov 2013 #2

I hate it when my servants complain about receiving our boxed-up leftover crusts and gristle. Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #3

Its quite uncivilized, but who can blame the CAG Nov 2013 #6

My dear chums Mitty and Ann and I were just discussing this very issue Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #14

I like any holiday where there's a public holiday involved... Violet_Crumble Nov 2013 #4

And Arbor Day! Fucking Arbor Day! Hate it! Squinch Nov 2013 #5

Stoopid trees CAG Nov 2013 #7

Carbon dioxide sucking brats, all of them. Squinch Nov 2013 #8

Michelle bachman was right about those CAG Nov 2013 #10

Michelle Bachman is chairwoman of the I Hate Arbor Day Committee. Who better? Squinch Nov 2013 #13

When I was a kid in the 1970s and saw that on a calendar, I actually thought it probably did arely staircase Nov 2013 #9

ha ha gopiscrap Nov 2013 #11

We should adopt Boxing Day! Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2013 #12