It's confusing. seriously.
I even asked 2 of my canadian buddies about it and they were under-informed.
2006-12-18 14:19:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
Boxing Day is traditionally a day when you are legally allowed to punch anybody who is annoying to you, right in the face. Its a day to let out all your pent up rage. Very cathartic
2006-12-18 14:27:05 · answer #1 · answered by Very Nice Indeed! 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Boxing Day originated in England interior the midst of the nineteenth century under Queen Victoria. December twenty 6th, or Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and different Commonwealth countries. it is spent with buddies and family members at open gatherings with lots of nutrients, exciting, friendship and love. Boxing Day is so stated as via fact it grow to be the custom on that day for tradesmen to collect their Christmas containers or presents in return for stable and robust provider through the 300 and sixty 5 days. Boxing Day is likewise St. Stephen's Day. St Stephen grow to be somewhat commonplace saint who finished eternal attractiveness by using being the 1st Christian to be martyred for his faith by using being stoned to dying almost immediately after Christ's crucifixion.
2016-12-15 03:56:57 · answer #2 · answered by endicott 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boxing day from what I read dates way back when Upper Class would give boxes if food stuffs to the lower class.
It has evolved kind of into what christmas is for us, exchanging gifts with family and freinds.
2006-12-18 14:30:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in Canada and my understanding of Boxing Day was that after exchanging presents on Christmas Day, the next day you were to box up some of your old stuff that got replaced with new and give the old stuff to charity.
2006-12-18 14:29:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is also St. Stephen's Day ("the feast of Stephen").
There is nothing definite as to the origins of Boxing Day, but by Victorian times it was traditional to give presents to servants, a sort of delayed Christmas Day for them, as on the day itself their duties would have been heavier than normal. My grandmother, who was in service from 1915 to 1928, recalled this as being "their [the servants'] day".
2006-12-18 14:26:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Boxing Day is observed by the master of the manor & the servants trading places for an entire day.
2006-12-18 14:22:15 · answer #6 · answered by audrey_halley2004 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
boxying day : in the old times in france they had maids and on christmas they needed the maids and so the maids didnt have time to spend w/t there family so the day before christmas they would give the maids boxs of there decorations and then they would celabrate christmas (but its a little late) and they still do that 2day
2006-12-18 14:24:14 · answer #7 · answered by ty 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
boxing day is the day after Christmas to box all the deceration and put them away. IF you would like to read the historcal basis of boxing day click on this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day
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2006-12-18 14:24:34 · answer #8 · answered by donpatocom 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the details but you should be able to find the info somewhere if you search the internet.
2006-12-18 14:35:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋