Thank God Christmas is over!
I love Christmas! But I am also glad to see the back of it!
It is such a hectic time of year that come Boxing Day I am exhausted. To make it worse this year I was back at work on Boxing Day.
Needless to say we have had a wonderful Christmas, with loads of pressies under the Christmas tree, heaps of great food and many bottles of wine being consumed.
I was very spoilt with lots of presents. I can't tell you about some of them ;-) , but one I will tell you about .......... you know that piercing I have wanted? Well now I can't chicken out of it because Charlie has purchased me a gift voucher to have it done!
Thanks for all your well wishes for me and my family. I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas and I look forward to catching up with everyone soon.
Kate
It is such a hectic time of year that come Boxing Day I am exhausted. To make it worse this year I was back at work on Boxing Day.
Needless to say we have had a wonderful Christmas, with loads of pressies under the Christmas tree, heaps of great food and many bottles of wine being consumed.
I was very spoilt with lots of presents. I can't tell you about some of them ;-) , but one I will tell you about .......... you know that piercing I have wanted? Well now I can't chicken out of it because Charlie has purchased me a gift voucher to have it done!
Thanks for all your well wishes for me and my family. I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas and I look forward to catching up with everyone soon.
Kate
posted by kissmekate at 10:53 am
7 Comments:
Ooooooooooooo I take it we are not talking about a belly ring hehehe.
Glad ya survived the mad season and looking forward to many more posts in 2007 Kate
What kind of piercing???
WOW! I say make the appointment right away...the anticipation of the pain is probably much worse than the real thing?? SO excited for you though!!
I know the feeling of relief for the passing of the holidays...
What is boxing day though???
Boxing Day is a public holiday celebrated in the United Kingdom and most other Commonwealth countries on December 26, the day after Christmas Day.
In Australia, Boxing Day has become a significant sporting day (similar to ANZAC Day celebrations). In Melbourne the Boxing Day Test Match is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before, what is typically, the largest crowd of the summer. In Sydney, the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race typically starts on this day. As is often the case a rivalry exist between the Melbourne and Sydney events.
Even though Boxing Day has its roots in the Middle Ages, it did not become an official holiday until the nineteenth century during the reign of Queen Victoria. It was during this period that English power was at its height and the British Empire stretched from one end of the world to the other (which gave rise to the saying that "the sun never sets on the British Empire"). It was during this period that England began to look back upon and celebrate (as well as romanticize) its medieval roots. Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the leading English speaking states in the British Empire at that time, followed England in formalizing this holiday while their American cousins, who had severed their ties with the British monarchy and empire a century before did not. Of course the retail sector in America has done its part to encourage shopping on this day as has become the custom also in Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The difference being that, in America, the day after Christmas has become an unofficial shopping holiday as shoppers rush out to take advantage of after Christmas sales, while their counterparts in Britain and the English part of the Commonwealth have made shopping one of the major ways they celebrate the holiday today
Oh god, here with go with the punching insects again. :) (actually thanks for explaining it)
Ya Kate what kind of piercing!! Do tell! You promised months ago to tell once your hubby knew!
Uh yeah...what was that about a piercing????
:0)
I am glad you had a nice Christmas!
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