Boxing Day, in Great Britain and some Commonwealth countries, particularly Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, holiday (December 26) on which servants, tradespeople, and the poor traditionally were presented with gifts.
By the 21st century it had become a day associated with shopping and sporting events.
Boxing Day is celebrated on Monday, December 26, 2022.
Explanations for the origin of the name have varied, with some believing that it derived from the opening of alms boxes that had been placed in churches for the collection of donations to aid the poor.
Others, however, have held that it came from the boxes of gifts given to employees on the day after Christmas.
According to this theory, because the work of servants was required for the Christmas Day celebrations of their employers, they were allowed the following day for their own observance of the holiday.
The practice of giving bonuses to service employees has continued, although it is now often done before rather than after Christmas Day.
For the residential trashmen who pick up the usually perfectly functional replaced consumer electronic or whatnot next to the trash container on the 26th, their Boxing Day.
Cornelius Noodleman almost 2 years ago
Amazon spelled backwards is NOZAMA.
Wilde Bill almost 2 years ago
I always thought that it involved fisticuffs.
CarrollJr almost 2 years ago
What seeeems to be the problem? Who ordered the stuff that arrived in those boxes?
RobinHood almost 2 years ago
Pugilists unite.
Silly Season almost 2 years ago
Boxing Day, in Great Britain and some Commonwealth countries, particularly Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, holiday (December 26) on which servants, tradespeople, and the poor traditionally were presented with gifts.
By the 21st century it had become a day associated with shopping and sporting events.
Boxing Day is celebrated on Monday, December 26, 2022.
Explanations for the origin of the name have varied, with some believing that it derived from the opening of alms boxes that had been placed in churches for the collection of donations to aid the poor.
Others, however, have held that it came from the boxes of gifts given to employees on the day after Christmas.
According to this theory, because the work of servants was required for the Christmas Day celebrations of their employers, they were allowed the following day for their own observance of the holiday.
The practice of giving bonuses to service employees has continued, although it is now often done before rather than after Christmas Day.
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jconnors3954 almost 2 years ago
Happy Recycling Day?
Bradley Walker almost 2 years ago
Everyone knows Boxing Day is when you bingewatch Rocky Balboa.
cosman almost 2 years ago
For the residential trashmen who pick up the usually perfectly functional replaced consumer electronic or whatnot next to the trash container on the 26th, their Boxing Day.