In days gone by, wealthy Canadians celebrated Boxing Day, December 26, by giving the people who worked for them a Christmas Box. For me, a middle-aged, middle class American, Boxing Day is the Saturday I pack shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child, an outreach of the Christian relief ministry, Samaritan's Purse. Each year, Samaritan's Purse distributes millions of lovingly packed shoe boxes, that also contain the Christmas Story, to children in developing countries.
This year, I packed six boxes for girls age 5-9. I collect school supplies, hygiene items, shirts, socks and toys year round, storing them in my maternal grandmother's Hope Chest. It's so much fun. Ordinarily, my cats join in on the fun. Today, they slept through the frivolity.
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