tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post1690576045682364606..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: Is it over yet?Frikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-70395086969227697132013-12-31T00:54:45.082+00:002013-12-31T00:54:45.082+00:00We had Wren Day in Ireland on this day. Barbaric w...We had Wren Day in Ireland on this day. Barbaric when I was younger. Dead birds on branches and nasty boys with demands. Paganistic perhaps. Must look for a link.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wren_Day<br /><br />Here I was positively delighted to see that Boxing Day is a complete shut down. No shopping.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-17948079160947919732013-12-30T15:17:26.232+00:002013-12-30T15:17:26.232+00:00I remember Boxing Day in London but here there is ...I remember Boxing Day in London but here there is no such day. In my company though we closed between Christmas and New Year, so that was nice. I have to go to the stores today to buy a new wall calendar. I also have to buy some black eye peas to cook on New Year’s Day. It is the custom here, so we will have good luck in the forthcoming year. I hope you will have good luck in 2014!Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-9820240479349150812013-12-30T10:41:25.565+00:002013-12-30T10:41:25.565+00:00What a great photo!! Sometimes I'd love to be...What a great photo!! Sometimes I'd love to be able to hibernate all through Xmas and the summer school holidays ... but collecting cash to go shopping with has a certain appeal too! Happy New Year!!Red Nomad OZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020668094026661054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-62818282552133856092013-12-30T07:07:33.136+00:002013-12-30T07:07:33.136+00:00Sounds like the day after Thanksgiving over here i...Sounds like the day after Thanksgiving over here in the US. Not my cuppa tea, for sure. But sure is for a lot of people. ;)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-42914863885298388972013-12-29T20:28:08.460+00:002013-12-29T20:28:08.460+00:00For me it is over.
Forgive me
But kind of glad
I d...For me it is over.<br />Forgive me<br />But kind of glad<br />I do most shopping online<br />but in January will venture to several stores<br />if weather is not too bad.<br />Also need to restock some linens<br />which will soon be on sale.<br />Take care...One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-47696133022684367842013-12-29T09:35:05.086+00:002013-12-29T09:35:05.086+00:00Not interested in the sales myself, but I had to g...Not interested in the sales myself, but I had to go to Aldi yesterday to get fresh fruit and other stuff for the weekend. It was pretty packed, but the atmosphere was relaxed and a lot less hectic there than what it had been before Christmas.<br />Your picture is really a good representation of "is it over yet".Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-59020561741418343522013-12-29T08:21:44.506+00:002013-12-29T08:21:44.506+00:00i hadn't heard this piece of history about Box...i hadn't heard this piece of history about Boxing Day, so thanks for that Friko. I'm glad to be out of town and in the peace while the commercial world carries on with its frantic sales.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542985048406828693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-16345012301119305862013-12-28T19:52:03.239+00:002013-12-28T19:52:03.239+00:00Not over me for me, Friko. I'm an Advent is fo...Not over me for me, Friko. I'm an Advent is for waiting and the Twelve Days are for celebrating kind of person and I still have 8 more days of Christmas to go. :-) As for the sales, you can keep them.....Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-3315649105965960732013-12-28T16:14:03.782+00:002013-12-28T16:14:03.782+00:00Well , yes it is ... but now everyone is madly res...Well , yes it is ... but now everyone is madly restocking the 'fridge for New Year , laying in gallons of booze and an arsenal of fireworks .<br />I'd stay undercover till Thursday .SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-51746215890755876842013-12-28T13:03:11.929+00:002013-12-28T13:03:11.929+00:00Yes, thank God, it's over. Now, after two or ...Yes, thank God, it's over. Now, after two or three days rest, I can get back to normal.Mr. Charlestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497415823443875308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-32178676023899036732013-12-28T09:18:38.380+00:002013-12-28T09:18:38.380+00:00PS - I've just become your 500th follower!PS - I've just become your 500th follower!Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-30870976073975588632013-12-28T09:17:48.566+00:002013-12-28T09:17:48.566+00:00We made the mistake of trying to get into Exeter y...We made the mistake of trying to get into Exeter yesterday and turned back. Please let it be over soon! Thanks for stopping by at my blog Friko!Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-68297101597071397542013-12-28T09:16:57.271+00:002013-12-28T09:16:57.271+00:00I've heard about that boxing day ritual, I'...I've heard about that boxing day ritual, I'd also heard that on boxing day, servants lined up and each received a box of packaged left over Christmas food to take home to their families. To ensure there was enough to go around, cooks would purposely prepare and cook extra food. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-43804060306015726392013-12-27T20:54:17.914+00:002013-12-27T20:54:17.914+00:00You can breathe again. It's over.You can breathe again. It's over.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-76823662557857133782013-12-27T13:30:16.006+00:002013-12-27T13:30:16.006+00:00Do you day Happy Boxing Day?? Hope your holidays ...Do you day Happy Boxing Day?? Hope your holidays were and going to be healthy and prosperous.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-31337285789340581372013-12-27T12:49:15.408+00:002013-12-27T12:49:15.408+00:00Due to the lack of finances, I haven't done an...Due to the lack of finances, I haven't done any shopping for gifts this year and I doubt that any of those sales now are going to lure me into a store. I've enjoyed not being part of the madness and hope I'm forgiven for being like Scrooge. I would like to go around with a box myself. Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-81623885603544451082013-12-27T08:40:30.119+00:002013-12-27T08:40:30.119+00:00je moet er maar zin in hebbenje moet er maar zin in hebbenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-51445705733660720262013-12-27T07:48:03.940+00:002013-12-27T07:48:03.940+00:00I was just asking Dave today what people did on Bo...I was just asking Dave today what people did on Boxing Day, and neither of us knew. I was too forgetful to look it up when I got back in range of the interweaves, and now I happen across this. Ma'am, you have done a service. Will you be wanting a tip?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-46350766783340038512013-12-27T07:11:36.106+00:002013-12-27T07:11:36.106+00:00Talking of the Feast of Stephen, I heard a very fu...Talking of the Feast of Stephen, I heard a very funny sketch on the radio the other day (perhaps you heard it too?) - a dramatisation of the encounter between King Wenceslas and the poor man he helped out. Something like "You turn up with a leg of pork on the Feast of Stephen! Don't you know what day it was yesterday? I've been living on beetroot for the last year and here you come Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-38926838111959136132013-12-27T04:53:18.459+00:002013-12-27T04:53:18.459+00:00I like the idea of Boxing Day! Here, there is no &...I like the idea of Boxing Day! Here, there is no "day" for it -- just sales and returns. And here in Michigan, people going to stores just to get warm on Day 5 of Ice Storm 2013.Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-90181334129090046502013-12-27T02:52:22.350+00:002013-12-27T02:52:22.350+00:00Friko, from the other side of the December 26 stor...Friko, from the other side of the December 26 store counter, I can report that lots of folks were looking for sale bargains, some were returning gifts that they'd either purchased hoping that the recipient would approve the choice, or other were returning some of those choices...in a very low-key discrete way, hoping to discover their true size in stock, or something that suited their own Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-52857683521195848482013-12-27T02:50:47.029+00:002013-12-27T02:50:47.029+00:00BEST Boxing Day post EVER!
ALOHA to YOU
from Hono...BEST Boxing Day post EVER!<br /><br />ALOHA to YOU<br />from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> =^..^= <3<br />Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-78748408878206501952013-12-27T01:42:00.235+00:002013-12-27T01:42:00.235+00:00Boxing day is more like that second scenario aroun...Boxing day is more like that second scenario around here too. Though I have never indulged in the sales.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-54185949810952081592013-12-27T00:16:26.537+00:002013-12-27T00:16:26.537+00:00Interesting post...I never knew why it was called ...Interesting post...I never knew why it was called Boxing Day. We usually refer to it as St. Stephen's Day here, and the tradition when I was growing up was to "hunt the wren", which meant going round houses in the freezing cold, playing music to raise money for charity. Wasn't much fun!<br />i never go to the 1st day of post-Christmas sales, it's way too hectic and I would Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08100985140335023467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-28881470248308774492013-12-26T23:48:50.440+00:002013-12-26T23:48:50.440+00:00Boxing Day is interesting! I cannot imagine queuei...Boxing Day is interesting! I cannot imagine queueing up in line to purchase things yet again! Glad somebody enjoys it. I've also enjoyed your entire recent seasonal posts. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.com