Boxing Day is an anti-climax because the terror of entertaining has past, but the cleanup remains. So many things to wash up and put away. I have a giant red linen tablecloth which covers two tables put together, but one of the trials of Boxing Day is pulling the wretched thing out of the washing machine and ironing it! At least this Boxing Day, at 44c outside, meant that it took about 5 minutes on the line to be baked dry! After that, a welcome ‘lie down’.
Invest in a modern washing mangle. I do not know if they are sold where you live, but the cylinda company still makes them. (I had to replace ours, which had lasted more than 40 years, last summer.) https://www.cylinda.se/vitvaruvaljaren/tvatt/manglar (in Swedish).
No more ironing! (At least of square things. There are people who mangle shirts, too, but I never developed the skill.)
Last edited 2 years ago by Laura Creighton
Lesley van Reenen
2 years ago
Boxing day is not an anti-climax. It is a blessed relief.
Boxing Day is an anti-climax because the terror of entertaining has past, but the cleanup remains. So many things to wash up and put away. I have a giant red linen tablecloth which covers two tables put together, but one of the trials of Boxing Day is pulling the wretched thing out of the washing machine and ironing it! At least this Boxing Day, at 44c outside, meant that it took about 5 minutes on the line to be baked dry! After that, a welcome ‘lie down’.
Invest in a modern washing mangle. I do not know if they are sold where you live, but the cylinda company still makes them. (I had to replace ours, which had lasted more than 40 years, last summer.)
https://www.cylinda.se/vitvaruvaljaren/tvatt/manglar (in Swedish).
No more ironing! (At least of square things. There are people who mangle shirts, too, but I never developed the skill.)
Boxing day is not an anti-climax. It is a blessed relief.