Our Low-Key Boxing Day Traditions

Michelle Reddick, Associate Editor

Our family Christmas is pretty relaxed. On Boxing Day we lay low and read the new books we've unwrapped and either go for a walk if the weather is mild or a skate if the lake behind our house is adequately frozen. The day after Boxing Day is when things get crazy—the extended family comes down and we have a double whammy celebration: the ‘Cousin Christmas', and the celebration of my parents' wedding anniversary (this year will be their 27th!).