2006-12-25 15:00:36 · 5 answers · asked by motorcitysmadman2 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
Boxing day is celebrated in some countries after Christmas, when people would take duplicate or unwanted gifts and put them back in their boxes and give them to needy people.
2006-12-25 15:37:09 · answer #1 · answered by AW 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boxing Day is a continuation of the Christmas holiday
2006-12-25 15:08:47 · answer #2 · answered by linkielock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_day
In its most current incarnation, Boxing Day is the day after Christmas that is primarily a very large day for sales for retailers.
There are multiple theories of how Boxing Day came to be...more than a couple are outlined at the Wikipedia site linked above.
2006-12-25 16:07:20 · answer #3 · answered by jd_2077 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
another day off for countries other than USA and South America
2006-12-25 19:53:32 · answer #4 · answered by Jessy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
last chance to beat people up before the new year
2006-12-25 15:08:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋