2006-12-18 22:34:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
Boxing Day refers to both the day after Christmas, December 26th, and the Public Holiday which follows Christmas Day, should the 26th and 27th fall on a weekend.
In Britain many years ago, it was a common practice for the servants to carry boxes to their employers when they arrived for their day's work on the day after Christmas. Their employers would then put coins in the boxes as special end-of-year gifts. This can be compared to the modern day concept of Christmas bonuses. The servants carried boxes for the coins, hence the name Boxing Day.
2006-12-18 22:52:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are disparate theories as to the origins of the term. The more common stories include:
In feudal times, Christmas was a reason for a gathering of extended families. All the serfs would gather their families in the manor of their lord, which made it easier for the lord of the estate to hand out annual stipends to the serfs. After all the Christmas parties on December 26th, the lord of the estate would give practical goods such as cloth, grains, and tools to the serfs who lived on his land. Each family would get a box full of such goods the day after Christmas. Under this explanation, there was nothing voluntary about this transaction; the lord of the manor was obliged to supply these goods. Because of the boxes being given out, the day was called Boxing Day.
2006-12-18 22:48:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the properly acceptable call for the twenty sixth December is St Stephens' Day. that is a saints day of worship. The boxing area is that that is on that day the inhabitants gaves alms to the undesirable of the parish, funds develop into positioned into alms boxes contained in the churches.
2016-11-27 19:43:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boxing Day began in England, in the middle of the nineteenth century, under Queen Victoria. Boxing Day, also known as St. Stephen's Day, was a way for the upper class to give gifts of cash, or other goods, to those of the lower classes.
2006-12-18 22:43:32 · answer #4 · answered by bon b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the origins aren't certain. It may be taht this was the day christmas boxes (money) were given to tradesmen by their customers, or by masters to servants. It's also the day that priests opened the charity box to distribute money to th epoor.
It mainly celebrated in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and canada. The Yanks don't go for it.
2006-12-18 22:44:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is also called boxing day as it was the day that the church opened their charity boxes and dispensed the money to the poor.
2006-12-18 22:45:51 · answer #6 · answered by Retro 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is Boxing Day?
2006-12-18 22:35:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Time has obscured the origins, which were in feudal days. There are several explanations here, take your pick.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day
2006-12-18 23:20:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
people working can get another day offf oh and its kirstens dads birthday and its a time tio get driunk and shop to annoy sofia.
2006-12-18 22:37:20 · answer #9 · answered by miss_dippy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ITS WORLD BOXING DAY
2006-12-18 22:38:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋