Sherry Farrell Here it is Dec. 26, the day after an unprecedented Christmas 2020, and thereâs that word again. John asked me last night if I wanted to take a ride to the beach today, Boxing Day. Mackensie asked why we were going to the beach the day after Christmas? That was our tradition, my Mom and me. On Boxing Day we would head off in my old rusty red Gremlin and drive right up our beautiful New Hampshire coastline. From the start of Hampton Beach, straight up that twisty road that allows us to drive âa stone's throw awayâ from our ocean to the border of Maine.