The day after Christmas in England is a bank holiday called Boxing Day. History is obscure as to where the name came from. One opinion is that in the Middle Ages employees who had to work on Christmas Day were given a box with a gift on the following day when they left for home. Another opinion is that it relates to the money boxes collected for the poor at churches which were opened on this day and contents distributed.
Anyway, with everything closed today, Paul and Dawn decided to chill out for the day. However, the tranquility was disturbed when they heard a crashing noise from upstairs. On reviewing all the rooms and finding no damage, they checked outside, where they found a brick had fallen from the chimney stack, bounced on their roof and crashed into their kitchen roof. Fortunately, only a couple of tiles were broken on the two roofs. However, needless to say, they could have done without this hassle (and expense).
Once they were able to sit down and relax (and after a second helping of Christmas dinner and dessert), they watched the movie "Jaws." As hard as it may be to believe, Paul read the book over 30 years ago but never ever saw the blockbuster movie.
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