Message #55470

[dettu]

Because of the way my son's school break is, we're taking next week off (Monday is a holiday for both our employers, and so is Monday after New Year's). So that's a lot of time off. But it's the last time I'll be taking until spring, most likely, unless I take off to do school-related things and then it will be half a day or less.

I'd prefer to stay here and work. I hate the whole traveling in the snow thing. But we're kind of locked into it, so away we go.

Boxing Day is a UK tradition, also celebrated in Canada and Australia. Wikipedia.org has a good, short description. I'm nearly always in Canada that day and to me, it's the day when the really great stores in Toronto are all closed and I'm stuck either going to the movies or toughing it out with the in-laws. But fortunately, this year I'll be in Ohio on Boxing Day, so no issues for me.