2006-06-14 03:09:15 · 3 answers · asked by dreamghost_1205 1 in Sports ➔ Boxing
This has nothing to do with the sport of boxing or prizefighting.
Boxing Day is a public holiday observed in many Commonwealth countries on 26 December. In many European countries it is also a holiday, called St. Stephen's Day or the Second Day of Christmas. Depending on its origin, it may have traditionally been strictly defined as the first weekday after Christmas, however, in recent years Boxing Day has been almost universally accepted as 26 December, although its associated public holiday may fall on a different day.
In Britain many years ago, it was common practice for the servants to carry boxes to their employers when they arrived for their day's work on the day after Christmas (December 25). Their employers would then put coins in the boxes as special end-of-year gifts. This can be compared with the modern day concept of Christmas bonuses. The servants carried boxes for the coins, hence the name Boxing Day.
2006-06-14 10:45:12 · answer #1 · answered by chairman_of_the_bored_04 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
An English Holiday, this is when you box up the rest of the presents and visit other relatives to give them their Christmas gifts
2006-06-14 03:13:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mohammed Ali won a great fight that night, no really my friend, are you that much of an idiot?
2006-06-14 03:15:59 · answer #3 · answered by andy14darock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋