On a bright, frosty country bridleway on Boxing Day, a Bernese Mountain Dog walks on a loose lead beside a white man in his forties with a new scarf, past two children waiting on shiny new bikes behind a gate, while further back a white woman in her thirties picks her way along in stiff new boots.

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The Boxing Day Convoy

Boxing Day, eleven o’clock, and somebody says, “Shall we get some air?” Forty minutes later, the convoy leaves. The children shoot ahead on new bikes. Your sister’s at the back in new boots, walking like a heron. By the end of the bridleway the family is spread over half a mile, and someone keeps calling “hang on!” in both directions.

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