2006-12-21 15:22:39 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
dec 26
2006-12-21 15:24:36 · answer #1 · answered by glacier 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
December 26
2006-12-21 15:30:55 · answer #2 · answered by Magy G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
boxing day is dec 26th and while most stores are open for business, discounting and clearing out christmas stuff big time, most stores don't take returns until the 27th. And there is no law saying that stores can't be open boxing day, it is christmas day and new year's day that stores close. If nothing else you can count on those 2 days of the year.
This is what wikipedia says the origins are.
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.
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. 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.
In churches, it was traditional to open the church's donation box on Christmas Day, and the money in the donation box was to be distributed to the poorer or lower class citizens on the next day. In this case, the "box" in "Boxing Day" comes from that one gigantic lockbox in which the donations were left.
Boxing Day was the day when the wren, the king of birds[citation needed], was captured and put in a box and introduced to each household in the village when he would be asked for a successful year and a good harvest.
2006-12-21 17:36:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, some stores will be open on the 26th, the official Boxing Day.They will defy the law and open nevertheless and hope not to get fined. In reality, the true Boxing day buying bash begins on Wednesday, the 27th.
2006-12-21 15:26:32 · answer #4 · answered by Ted 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boxing Day - the day on which servants and masters switch roles - is celebrated in the UK and in Canada on December 26th.
2006-12-21 15:24:42 · answer #5 · answered by byhisello99 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boxing Day is celebrated on December 26th.
2006-12-21 15:29:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
December 26th is boxing day in Canada.
Happy Holidays. ^_^
2006-12-21 15:24:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boxing day is every friday night on HBO, it's called Boxing After Dark. I really love that Winky Wright. Oh, did you mean the Boxing Day that is on almost every single calandar?, yeah day after Christmas. Gotta box up those gifts and get what you really want, those Canadians are so practical.
2006-12-21 15:28:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First find out which day Christmas is on in Canada.
Then.....go to the next day and you will find that that is Boxing Day.......my guess is that it will be December 26th.
2006-12-21 15:26:17 · answer #9 · answered by PomOnTour 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tuesday
2006-12-21 15:24:30 · answer #10 · answered by Aussie Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋