Canada has a Holiday called, "Boxing Day" how do they celebrate that day? what's it for?

Answer 1

Its the day after Xmas. Its an old British holiday. The queen would "box" her leftovers from Xmas and give it to the poor. The queen no longer boxes her leftovers, nor does she control Canada, but the holiday remains. You lucky Canucks!!!!!

Answer 2

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. 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.

When December 26 comes on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday is designated as the official public holiday. December 26 is also the feast day of Saint Stephen, the patron saint of horses, and Boxing Day has come to be a day of sporting events, including horse races, fox hunting, and rugby. The holiday was not perpetuated by the English in the American colonies.

Answer 3

This is the real definition of Boxing Day.

The first weekday after Christmas, celebrated as a holiday in parts of the British Commonwealth, when Christmas gifts are traditionally given to service workers. The day after Christmas Day is known as Boxing Day, after the tradition of opening the alms boxes placed in churches over the Christmas season. The contents were distributed amongst the poor of the parish. December 26 is also known as the Feast of St Stephen. It is often a day of outdoor sports and horse racing and hunting. Only in the last century however has it become a holiday. By having Christmas Day and Boxing Day as holidays this allowed many people to take trips but also rejoin family members, which may have encouraged the tradition of families getting together at
Christmas time.

But nowadays we just use it as a day to recover from Xmas day stuffing and drinking, a day to shop for cheap sh*t and return the crappy gifts you were given

Answer 4

Its a useless holiday now, like Labor Day to the US
On the day after Christmas, the house servant and the head of household would switch places for the day

Answer 5

"Boxing Day" was I believe observed the day after Christmas. It was a day when the servants and their masters or bosses switched places for the day. The servants were waited on and cooked for by the people that they usually did the waiting on and the cooking for.

It was a moral booster and it seemed everyone loved doing it for the day.

Look it up, I am telling the truth.

Answer 6

It's not just Canada.

It's the 26th December (the day after xmas day) and it's a public holiday in many commonwealth countries (UK, Ireland, Australia, etc).

It goes back to some kind of religious thing I think.

Answer 7

It is a national, rather than relgigioyus day, in which individuals exchange gifts, such as the tradition with XMAS>

Answer 8

boxing day means that ,that is the day of the big boxing match

Answer 9

i believe it's like christmas... it's "boxing day", as in gift boxes not boxing like the sport.

Answer 10

They beat the sh*t out of each other.