Happy Boxing Day!

[TARINunit9]

Now that Christmas is over, I thought I'd wish everyone a Happy Boxing Day!

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[T-O-E]

Merry Boxing Day!

Christmas is the Christmas Eve of Boxing Day. And Christmas is the Boxing Day of Christmas Eve.

[Surfing HalfOrc]

Umm... What's Boxing Day all about? It's on every calendar I have, but it just says (Canada). :smallconfused:

At least with Cinco de Mayo (Mexico), you have an excuse to get drunk on Corona beer and tequila... :smalltongue: What do you get out of Boxing Day?

[Kaelaroth]

Boxing Day is British, the Canadians have it, what with Britland having had Canad(i)a. It's traditionally when employers would give employees bonuses and payments, I believe, and is now a semi-holiday in Britain, at least, where typically most newspapers continue not to publish, and most people still don't work, et cetera, but some things resume.

[Ashtar]

Originally wealthy home-owners would give gifts (boxed up) to their servants who took care of all the Christmas duties, as a way of thanking them for working through Christmas.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Happy tweede kerstdag!(Second day of christmas), which is what we dutch celebrate.(bwahahahaha, we have more christmas then you Americans, bwahahahaha):smalltongue:

[dish]

Christmas boxes were traditionally given to any deserving poor people, but yes, specifically to household servants. As usual, wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day) knows everything.
Nowadays you're supposed to give tips to the postman, paper-boy, milkman, dustbin men, and any other people who deliver regular services to your house on boxing day.

[Thes Hunter]

I had a lovely boxing day touring the Starbucks of Canada.

Though I didn't get any tips, large or small. :smallsigh:

[Felixaar]

On Boxing Day, it's completely legal to bare knuckle box random strangers.

Cause if you're not mad enough to bareknuckle box; then you're not mad.

[Om]

What do you get out of Boxing Day?Another day off. Although in Ireland we celebrate it as St Stephen's Day

[de-trick]

sait hoilday, but happy day after boxing day.