The answer is boxers.

In Spain, they wear red boxers or knickers on Christmas.

I sent him to the store, which was my first mistake, and he went to buy underwear, and he bought the grippers, and he's supposed to buy the boxers.

The desire for a political settlement that could end the Syrian civil war is palpable but just what that settlement would look like remains open to debate or to further conflict. Indeed, Russia and the United States are circling each other like boxers before the contest actually begins, supporting different factions and trying to ensure that their allies in the multi sided conflict are advancing, or at least holding ground.