Good morning, Washington. Happy Boxing Day and Kwanzaa! You know, there’s really nothing quite like when Christmas Day falls on a Friday, gifting you, me, and the region’s previously snowpocalypse-hindered retailers valuable three-day weekends. The relaxation factor is off the charts; but the amount of legitimate local news hitting the wires is, well, less than plentiful. Besides, who wants to listen to such squawks when there’s gifts to exchange and a blockbuster Robert Downey/Jude Law flick to take in? (Of course, if you’re in the market for national news, there’s no shortage of people trying to blow up planes and relapsing 1980s bad boys to keep you pacified.) Such silence on the Washingtonian current events front, combined with the last 24 hours of general malaise falling from the sky, is enough to send us back under the comforter. Here’s hoping we can get back to some semblance of normalcy, come Monday.

Here’s some stories we could scrape together this morning:

>> There certainly isn’t any shortage of Yuletide-related puff pieces, meant to be digested quickly and then disposed of — postal workers playing Santa, communities coming together for free Christmas dinners, and the Post’s yearly trip around the region represent just a taste.

>> Police are focusing efforts on locating on a 30-year-old sex offender who is the prime suspect in the kidnapping and death of an 11-year-old Maryland girl. Sarah Foxwell went missing three days before Christmas; her body was found near the Delaware state line yesterday afternoon.

>> The suburbs are currently under a flood warning, so be careful driving around today.