Boxing Day

December 26th is Boxing Day, so naturally I wished my friend a Happy Boxing Day. He asked me what it was. Then I realized I didn't know. It's just one of those holidays that is in red on calendars so you don't forget. He said maybe Boxing Day is when you box up all of the presents that you don't want so you can go exchange them at the store. That got me thinking...(I know, that can be dangerous) I can't clearly remember any time I have ever returned a present to the store because I didn't want it. I guess if I don't love it immediately, then I attach some sort of sentimental value to the gift so I can never part with it. Now that I think about it, it's the stuff that people give me that I never use that I seem to have around longer than anything else. It's like the thing becomes a symbol of my friendship with that person, and if I let it go then I am letting them down as a friend or maybe even foreshadowing the eventual termination of our friendship.

Or maybe I just can't remember returning presents because I always get cool stuff.