Burundi Edition
Boxing Day leads today's complete edition for Burundi.
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The Test cricket starts at the MCG. The Sydney to Hobart yacht race starts in the harbour. The sales start online at midnight. And every Australian who ate too much yesterday is on the couch watching cricket they would not normally watch because it is Boxing Day and that is what you do.
National holiday. The eating continues, the family visits continue, and nobody goes back to work early because that would be wrong. Burundians stretch holidays the way they stretch greetings: as long as possible, with maximum respect, and with the understanding that good things should not end before their time. The leftovers are somehow better than yesterday and nobody is complaining.
A day for checking the remote, the toy, the flashlight, the clock, and the one drawer everyone opens first.
A day for the drawer that has three almost-right screws, old batteries, tape, string, and the answer to a small emergency.
You encounter Saint Helena giant tortoises, wirebirds, and endemic seabirds on these remote Atlantic islands. You notice that islanders commonly keep dogs, cats, and donkeys as their primary pets and working animals. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
