This is prompted by a conversation I have just had with one of our regular Christmas guests: he has come on his own because his wife has just started a new job and has to work on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.  I asked who she is working for, thinking it would be something essential like a hospital or something but it turns out it is a clothes shop!

I would have thought she would have had Christmas Day off at least but it is because of the sale starting on Boxing Day that they all have to be in on the 25th to get ready for it!  Grumpy Old Man time - why has our society got so obsessed with shopping that we can’t wait until after properly Christmas to go and grab a bargain.  Boxing Day always used to be the day for going to see family, watching or playing local sports teams or just getting out for a walk, why can’t we reclaim these family days?

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