The Feast Of Stephen

December 26, 2025

… otherwise known as St Stephen’s Day, otherwise known as the Second Day of Christmas (there being Twelve Days altogether)… otherwise known as Boxing Day. Originally a day of giving, it’s now just a commercial buying and selling day.

However, there is but one carol for this day:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_King_Wenceslas

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Andy on Boxing Day [6 to 10]: “The whole lot? Oh dear, I hope you are alright. My Christmas tipple was two bottles of special reserve Titanic…” Dec 26, 14:12
Steve on Boxing Day [6 to 10]: “Speaking of tables on mine yesterday was a bottle of Chateau Vieux Manoir (2012) from Bordeaux. A healthy 13.5% abv.…” Dec 26, 13:58
Andy on Boxing Day [6 to 10]: “Table in Latin is feminine,in German it is masculine. Is this an early example of transitioning or are German tables…” Dec 26, 12:51
dearieme on And to conclude the carol series: “I like carols: it’s all the pop, or popified, Xmas musical muck I can’t bear. To reduce the great Ella…” Dec 26, 12:50
Andy on Last evening of Advent before Christmas: “Steve, my secondary school had German as our foreign language, so we sang Stille Nacht that’s when I fell in…” Dec 26, 12:45
Andy on And to conclude the carol series: “Apparently there is a version of Jingle Bells going viral, an Indian takeaway on the song. I will try to…” Dec 26, 12:42
DAD on Boxing Day [6 to 10]: “No. 10. In France the cry to assemble for a meal is, “A Table”.” Dec 26, 12:10
Steve on Boxing Day [1 to 5]: “True to his word.. https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/2004332431542022289?” Dec 26, 11:43
DAD on Boxing Day [1 to 5]: “Ah, yes! I remember it well. The Shocking Habits That Kept Brits Healthier in the Past https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guZ0ZDAQZ4k” Dec 26, 06:31
Steve on Christmas Day [4 till close of play]: “Feel the burn.. https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/2003895338424586495?” Dec 25, 17:01
DAD on Try these: “No 1. It can be any number between Minus Infinity and Plus Infinity depending upon the trajectory of the Numerator.…” Dec 25, 15:37
Steve on Christmas Day [1 to 3]: “The King’s annual address was as expected, heavy on the multi cult. He just doesn’t get it – living in…” Dec 25, 15:36
dearieme on Try these: “Lunch and breakfast.” Dec 25, 15:21
dearieme on Christmas Day [1 to 3]: “So the Arab colony of Algeria objects to colonisation. Do the Berbers? …… JH: Good point.” Dec 25, 15:21
DAD on Let the bells peal: “I regularly listen to ‘Bells on Sunday’ on Sunday Nights just before the Shipping Forcast on BBC R4. {I am…” Dec 25, 12:02

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The Feast Of Stephen

December 26, 2025

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