who celebrates it and what is the meaning?
2006-12-20 00:52:20 · 4 answers · asked by oposites2 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
It comes from the old tradition in England when the rich people would celebrate Christmas day and invite their friends for a big dinner party.
The unfortunate house servants (cooks, butlers, maids etc. had to work ALL DAY CHRISTMAS DAY, boo hoo)
Then, December 26, the hard working staff would receive the day off and a box with a present from their employers. BOXING DAY!
It is also called "second Christmas".
Nowadays it is just a second holiday for a lot of government workers and corporations. Imagine if Christmas falls on a Sunday. You wouldn't want to be cheated out of a holiday with pay? You could take Monday off, and call it Second Christmas = Boxing day in the UK.
2006-12-20 01:04:28 · answer #1 · answered by GOMEZ LOPEZ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a Canadian holiday. It involves Christmas, when one must get rid of all the boxes opened from their presents. Or it could be a day when a man ticks off his wife, and she beats the tar out of him.
2006-12-20 09:03:06 · answer #2 · answered by krodgibami 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I know is it's the day after Chrismas
2006-12-20 08:56:17 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything you always wanted to know...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_day
2006-12-20 09:00:47 · answer #4 · answered by hawkthree 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋