My Daily Bread Crumbs 26 Dec

Entry posted by sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 167 December 27, 2021

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December 26th - Holidays and Observances

(click on the day for details)

Boxing Day, except when December 26 is a Sunday. If it is a Sunday, Boxing Day is transferred to December 27 by Royal Proclamation. (Commonwealth of Nations), and its related observances:
- Day of Good Will (South Africa and Namibia)
- Family Day (Vanuatu)
- Thanksgiving (Solomon Islands)
Christian feast day:
- Abadiu of Antinoe (Coptic Church)
- Earliest day on which Feast of the Holy Family can fall, celebrated on Sunday after Christmas or 30 if Christmas falls on a Sunday.
- James the Just (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Stephen (Western Church)
- Synaxis of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- December 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Independence and Unity Day (Slovenia)
Mauro Hamza Day (Houston, Texas)
Mummer's Day (Padstow, Cornwall)
St. Stephen's Day (public holiday in Alsace, Austria, Catalonia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland), and its related observances:
- Father's Day (Bulgaria)
The first day of Kwanzaa, celebrated until January 1 (United States)
The first day of Junkanoo street parade, the second day is on the New Year's Day (The Bahamas)
The second day of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
- Second day of Christmas (Public holiday in the Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia)
Wren Day (Ireland and the Isle of Man)

Observances (click on the day or week for details)

National Candy Cane Day

Fun Observances

Thank You Note Day

On December 26, take out your best stationary and write thank you notes to everyone you need to thank because it is Write a Thank You Note Day.

‘Tis the season to exchange gifts. It is also the season to be grateful and thankful. So sit with a cup of hot chocolate and left overs from your Christmas dinner and say thank you.

Hand-written, Text or Email

Thank you notes are very simply notes and letters of appreciation and gratitude. Thank you notes are traditionally hand-written, though in recent years it is acceptable to send a thank you note through email or by text.

Thank you notes are usually sent in a variety of professional and social situations such as after a job interview or after receiving a wedding or a birthday gift.

How to Celebrate?

Hand write thank you notes. Be sincere and write from the heart. The recipients will appreciate having their efforts acknowledged.
If you can, why not add a small handmade gift for some of your recipients to thank them for their thoughtfulness?
If you don’t have the time, an email thank you note is better than sending no such note.

Did You Know...

...that the term thank is thought to come from the Old English word, þoncian meaning to reward?

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A therapist has a theory that couples who make love once a day are the happiest. So he tests it at a seminar by asking those assembled,

“How many people here make love once a day?” Half the people raise their hands, each of them grinning widely.

“Once a week?” A third of  the audience members raise their hands, their grins a bit less vibrant.

“Once a month?” A few hands tepidly go up.

Then he asks, “OK, how about once a year?” One man in the back jumps up and down, jubilantly waving his hands. The therapist is shocked—this disproves his theory.

“If you make love only once a year,” he asks, “why are you so happy?”

The man yells, “Today’s the day!”

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When my coworker answered his phone, the confused woman on the other end asked, “Who is this?”

“This is Steve. With whom did you wish to speak?”

After a pause: “Did you just say whom?”

“Yes, I did.”

The woman replied, “I have the wrong number,” and hung up.

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A Twitter exchange between an angry customer and an apologetic Domino’s Pizza:

Customer: Yoooo I ordered a Pizza  & Came with no Toppings on it or anything, Its Just Bread

Domino’s: We’re sorry to hear about this!