Boxing Day...

...what does it mean for you?

Will you be dashing off to the sales and battling with the crowds all looking for that 'must have' bargain...or...will you be taking things easy and munching your way through that mountain of food that still greets you when you venture into the kitchen or dare to open the fridge.

Every year I say I'm not going to buy tons of stuff and even though I think I have cut back, there still seems to be loads of the stuff - does it multiply overnight?

Boxing Day in our family was always more 'chilled' than Christmas Day - no trying to create the perfect feast, no trying to keep the peace over what to watch - Boxing Day is way more 'layed-back'.

Out come the...
...mince pies that everyone forgot about and the main meals of the day consist of...
...pickles, cold meats...
...pork pies and...
...the cheese board.

The only 'cooking' that takes place is a quick rustling up of "Bubble & Squeek" to have with the cold meats, cheese & pickles...or a quick zap in the microwave to heat the remains of the Christmas pud.

Growing-up, it was sometimes a case of popping round to Aunty & Uncles at tea time (they came to us Chrismas morning - we went to them Boxing evening) as there was no driving involved...we lived at number 18 they lived at number 4. However, as we all grew-up traditions changed and we all moved away to create our own homes and new traditions.

We seem to have gone full circle and are now back with the slower paced day of 'help yourself catering' and just general chilling out.

I hope you all had fabulous Christmas Days and are now able to take things a little easier. How do you spend your Boxing Day..................................