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Saturday, October 11, 2008
Treated Like Royalty
I think that I have won two prizes in my life - in addition to my hubby, son and daughter and this amazing experience of life that I breathe in every day. But I'm talking here about the kind of prizes that you win when your name is pulled in a drawing. I won $50 at a bar in 1988, and a couple of weeks ago, I won my second prize: gifts from Dancing On A Blade Of Grass who lives across the ocean in England.
Whoo hoooo! This second prize was the best!
In my mailbox Friday night, I received my first ever ROYAL MAIL!
And inside the package, I found a Royal dishcloth (hand knitted by Dancing herself), a Royal bathroom sign, and a very cool Royal calendar with wonderful photos. I KNOW this calendar is royal, because it has all kinds of holidays in it that I've never heard of. There are holidays that are just called, "Holiday". I LOVE that! Who needs a reason? (Besides, we've forgotten the reason we began most holidays, anyway.)
Thank you, Dancing! You did a beautiful job knitting the dishcloth and picking out lovely gifts. I will think of you often as I use them.
Whoo hoooo! This second prize was the best!
In my mailbox Friday night, I received my first ever ROYAL MAIL!
And inside the package, I found a Royal dishcloth (hand knitted by Dancing herself), a Royal bathroom sign, and a very cool Royal calendar with wonderful photos. I KNOW this calendar is royal, because it has all kinds of holidays in it that I've never heard of. There are holidays that are just called, "Holiday". I LOVE that! Who needs a reason? (Besides, we've forgotten the reason we began most holidays, anyway.)Thank you, Dancing! You did a beautiful job knitting the dishcloth and picking out lovely gifts. I will think of you often as I use them.
posted by Carol at 5:40 PM
10 Comments:
You are VERY welcome and I'm pleased that you are feeling so regal. Not sure that HRH would use a knitted dishcloth though.
It's odd looking at your photo of something I packed and posted this time last week!
I loved the calendar too and couldn't resist popping it in. As far as the extra holidays are concerned, now you'll be able to have a Boxing Day!
And those two holidays in May - one on the 4th and one on the 25th - that are just called "Holiday"!
So.... whaddaya do on Boxing Day, anyway???
The 2 holidays in May are Spring Bank Holidays - we used to only have just the one but the May Day holiday was added some years ago (it's the Monday nearest to 1 May).
Boxing Day: From Wikipedia "The Oxford English Dictionary attributes it to the Christmas box; the verb box meaning: "To give a Christmas-box (colloq.); hence the term boxing-day." The date coincides with the Feast of St. Stephen.
It was the day when people would give a present or Christmas box to those who had worked for them throughout the year.
In England many years ago, it was common practice for the servants to carry boxes to their employers when they arrived for their day's work on the day after Christmas. Their employers would then put coins in the boxes as special end-of-year gifts. This can be compared with the modern day concept of Christmas bonuses. The servants carried boxes for the coins, hence the name Boxing Day."
and
" Boxing Day in the UK is traditionally a day for sporting activity, originally fox hunting, but as this is now banned, alternative hunts take place. Football, horse racing and Rugby (both codes) are also played."
Hope this helps!
I love being English, we are so complex and yet not!
How lovely of DOABOG! That calander looks brilliant! I might try and get myself one!
Did you know that England have very close to the lowest amount of Bank Hols in Europe! We need another holiday day! Why not have a 'Holiday'! Darn good idea I think!
I am envious, Carol. That dishcloth looks so soft. And hand-knitted by the giver--that is special! The bathroom sign is clever and the calendar will provide enjoyment every day of the year.
I'm with you. Who needs a reason for a holiday?
Dancing,
I think that you guys just wanted another day after Christmas in order to spread out the fun. :-)
Daffy,
I love you being English, too! I would try to be English myself, but it's more fun to be on the outside enjoying the Englishness of you guys.
Please, though, tell the person in charge that you need another holiday just because!
San,
Aren't they all great! I cannot NOT think of Dancing every day!
What day should you and I pick for a new national holiday? Maybe we need at least two - your birthday and mine.
That is so very very neat!
Nick
You can call me QC (for Queen Carol) for short. ;-)
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