The 405 Aired Dec 26th, 2025
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OK Solberg:Spring wheat $5.53 a bushel. 550lb steer calf $4.09, just like the engine we talked about on Monday. Butcher hog in Iowa 68ยข a pound, and a lamb that's fat, in Billings weighing a 100lbs will fetch you $2.42 a pound. But guys, there's more, much more.
OK Solberg:So so it's the day after Christmas. Did you get a lot of nice gifts? I hope you did. huh? Anyone get a a tie, a necktie for Christmas? Anyone get a wristwatch?
OK Solberg:Orvin, you gotta drag yourself into the twenties. These are the gifts we give now. We give things like Apple AirPod Pro or how about a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 or even Adidas Gazelle sneakers. Now you're talking buddy. A tie or a wristwatch really?
OK Solberg:Talk about old fashioned. Only a couple of people even wear ties anymore. And you know, there's few children that can actually tell the time on the wristwatch. You're boring. Okay, guys.
OK Solberg:Anyway, it's the day after Christmas. Now you realize the day after Thanksgiving is called Black Friday. So what is the day after Christmas called? Got it? It's Boxing Day.
OK Solberg:So what's the deal there? Have you ever wondered? Listen, Boxing Day is a holiday observed on December 26, the day after Christmas, primarily in The United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Now the exact origin of the name Boxing Day isn't exactly agreed upon, but historians do know it has its British origin and linked to traditions of charity and gift giving rather than the sport of boxing. In Britain during the 1600's and 1700's. Employers often gave servants, trades people, and workers a Christmas box, literally a gift of gratuity in a box as thanks for service throughout the year.
OK Solberg:Since service servants traditionally worked on Christmas Day for their masters, December 26th became their day off to take these boxes, home to their family. In essence, Boxing Day evolved from giving to the less fortunate and rewarding their service. End of quote. Right on. Preach it.
OK Solberg:So did you hear that? Did you hear what they said? Not about the sport of boxing. So leave out Muhammad Ali, Michael Spinks, Sonny Liston, and Rocky. Leave them out.
OK Solberg:They don't have anything to do with boxing day. Leave them out. They don't belong here. Now, I'm laughing to myself because I know about people and someone out there right now, someone out there who's taken their day after Christmas nap just woke up and heard me say Boxing day and I mentioned the likes of Muhammad Ali and Michael Spinks and they go away from this episode thinking boxing day is about the sport of boxing. It isn't.
OK Solberg:But public speakers and people in the limelight have been taught not to mention the buzzword. If you mention the buzz phrase, all the audience will go away hearing is that buzz phrase. Now guys, I remember going to a school board seminar and the speaker told us that exact thing.
OK Solberg:The speaker told us, if you're questioned in a meeting and the questionnaire asks, what is this I hear about the school flushing money down the toilet? Why are you acting like this? Don't you know it's wrong to flush money down the toilet? You have a responsibility here to protect the funds and use them wisely. Why are you flushing money down the toilet?
OK Solberg:The instructor said, do not repeat the buzz phrase, do not say we aren't flushing money down the toilet because if you do, that's all the audience goes away remembering. So Boxing Day is not about the sport of boxing. It has nothing to do with Muhammad Ali, Michael Spink, Sonny Liston, or even Rocky.
OK Solberg:Boxing Day is about giving a box of something either cash or a gift to the needy or less advantaged. Enjoy Boxing Day and I'll close with this bible verse Who whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for the maker but whoever is kind to the needy honors God. Proverbs 14:31
OK Solberg:So until next time, I wish Muhammad Ali was alive. I'd wish him a happy boxing day. As you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.