Weekly Roundup: The Boxing Day Edition
No more fun and games
With the buildup to Christmas, are you feeling deflated now that the actual day is over?
No more presents, great food and holiday cheer, you think? Nothing to look forward to?
Well… possibly, but today’s another pretty cool day. And that’s Boxing Day.
Image: Joey Rozier via Flickr, Creative Commons
For the uninitiated, Boxing Day is the day after Christmas (though where celebrated, marked on the first weekday after Christmas, so that would mean it’s actually tomorrow, but whatever).
Traditionally, it’s been the day when people would give one of their “nice” presents to “the poor.” Paying it forward, you might say.
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Note: this is not a religious post, and is meant neither to proselytize nor offend.
Tomorrow Christians around the world will be celebrating the birth of Christ.
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And even many non-Christians will be relaxing, perhaps joining in the revelry (as many of my friends did when I was growing up in India).
Now, I grew up in a Christian home, but I still think there are some interesting lessons we can learn on effective public relations from the history of what is now the largest religion in the world.
Here are three.
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As I write this, it is grey and damp outside.
Christmas music is playing in my house.
Image: Cornelia Kopp via Flickr, Creative Commons
My husband is… well, I’m not quite sure what he’s doing, but he’s probably puttering around happily (that’s what married couples do, we putter companionably).
Three dogs are in various stages of somnolence, on various pieces of furniture.
Filed under Shonali Burke, Weekly Roundup | Tags: christmas, holidays, relationship building | Comment (1)(I don’t know about your dogs, but mine don’t really get dog beds.
“Dog beds? sez Lola the Bassett. “I don’t think you’ll fit, but you can try.”)
