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December
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- If sock monkeys wrote "Auld Lang Syne"
- Smackdown!: Tater Mitts vs. Mitt Romney
- And a merry Enlightened Selfishness Day, too!
- Happy Boxing Day, everyone!
- My Christmas gift for you
- Other books that have been indefinitely postponed
- The countdown begins
- Oh, fudge!
- Ummm....
- I find owning them outright is more convenient
- The customer reviews on Amazon are so amazingly he...
- I'm The Velvet Blog, and I approved this message
- Glow, little glow-cat, glimmer, glimmer
- My personal trial
- Ruff!
- Shipwrecked on The Velvet Blog
- Name that tune
- Unintentional truths
- Sign you may be hungry and should really stop for ...
- I'm pretty sure dew tastes like water
- Santa kicks Martian ass
- They blinded me ... with science!
- Quelque chose à ce sujet sent la merde
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December
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Blog links, etc.
- "Manos" in HD
- alicublog
- Apostrophe Abuse
- Areas of My Expertise
- Bats Left/Throws Right
- Biomes Blog
- Bizarre Records
- CandyBlog
- Chef Nick
- Cursive Buildings
- Dear Photograph
- DVD Savant
- Dystel & Goderich Literary Management
- Emdashes
- Fanatic Cook
- Fermicat
- Freddie's Blog
- I Need A Name For This Blog
- Idle Musings
- Just Another Blog (From L.A.)
- Knatolee's World
- Late for the Sky
- Least Helpful
- Literally Unbelievable
- Marykate O'Neil
- No More Mister Nice Blog
- Passive-Aggressive Notes
- Pop Sensation
- Regret the Error
- Sadly, No!
- Slice: America's Favorite Pizza Weblog
- Swan Dive
- TBogg
- The Blue Room
- The Flop House
- The Projection Booth
- The Useless Web
- TwoBusy
- Vintage Ads
- Wendy Russ
- World O' Crap
- World's Worst Records
- Your Stupid Minds
1 comment:
Just moved to Canada 3 years ago from North Carolina and wondered the same thing this year. So I wikipedia-ed it (don't knock my new verb).
Apparently back in the day - like WAY back in the day, employers were brought gifts from employees (lords and serfs) on the day after Christmas (maybe re-gifting from the day before?)and they used to call these gifts 'Christmas boxes' (shortened to boxes later, I guess. And who said Southerners were the only lazy ones?) So the day was coined BOXING DAY, which makes no sense to me, because now employees have the day off so employers get nothing.
It's mind-boggling isn't it? Not really...
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