Today is Boxing Day, an official holiday in the United Kingdom. According to Wikipedia, Boxing Day was once a day to give to the needy, but now is just a part of the Christmas festivities. I myself always understood that Boxing Day was the day that servants would be given gifts and the day off after spending Christmas Day working for their employers. Which was important, because growing up watching movies set in Great Britain, it looked like virtually every family in England had servants, no matter how poor they were. In the U.S., we don't celebrate Boxing Day, but we do all head out to the stores for the Day After Christmas sales. And to me the biggest sales bargain on this day is half-price calendars. Have you looked at the price of wall calendars lately? The Rick Steves Europe Picture-A-Day Calendar is selling for $17.99 this year. That is not cheap. Of course, a lot of people no longer buy calendars anymore, and simply rely on their smartphones. But to me, a smartphone just doesn't look the same hanging on your bathroom wall. Call me old fashioned, but I much prefer a photograph of Paris or Rome. And by the way, the photograph above was taken at the Boulder Bookstore, which to me is the best independent bookstore in Colorado, although I don't believe they are one of the stores that puts their calendars on sale the day after Christmas. But be sure to check them out anyway.
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