Boxing Day is every day. It is a lie in. It is getting up early to go for a run just to get it out of the way. Boxing Day is crisps. It is the loo roll’s longest shift. Boxing Day is Thursday or Wednesday. It may even be Monday. Boxing Day is an unfindable piece of LEGO from a fresh packet. Boxing Day is chutney and getting a tram into the city centre to have ramen. Boxing Day is strangers walking in the park. Boxing Day is death and not knowing what to do with yourself. Boxing Day is football players pretending they were professional the night before. It is cold sprouts and trying to locate batteries.

Carl Burkitt 2024