2006-12-25 21:15:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Boxing
A lot of boxing.
2006-12-25 21:16:55 · answer #1 · answered by Jody A 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Boxing Day is a regularly occurring social gathering, courting decrease back to the middle a at the same time as, and consisted of the practice of giving out presents to workers, the detrimental, or to human beings in a decrease social type. The call has distinct human beings etymologies; the Oxford English Dictionary attributes it to the Christmas field; the verb field meaning: "to furnish a Christmas-field (colloq.); whence boxing-day." outdoors the Commonwealth, the day continues to be celebrated yet basically with a diverse call.
2016-12-01 04:33:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Victorian era it was the custom to give gifts in boxes usually from relations or friends who them did not call round on Christmas Day
2006-12-25 21:34:13 · answer #3 · answered by dedaliuswizz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-12-25 21:19:58 · answer #4 · answered by paul13051956 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Boxing Day is the following day after Christmas Day. Like Christmas Day, Boxing Day is a public holiday. The name of the day goes back to medieval times, more than 800 years ago, when alms boxes were placed at the back of every church to collect money for the poor. Traditionally, it is on this day that the alms box at every English church is opened and the contents are distributed to the poor.
Historians say the holiday developed because servants were required to work on Christmas Day, but took the following day off. As servants prepared to leave to visit their families, their employers would present them with Christmas boxes.
Interesting Fact
The Christmas boxes were made from clay and were not made in the shape of a box. They were hollow clay balls with a slit in the top.
During the late 18th century, Lords and Ladies of the manor would "box up" their leftover food, or sometimes gifts and distribute them the day after Christmas to tenants who lived and worked on their lands.
The tradition of giving money still continues today. It is customary for householders to give small gifts or monetary tips to regular visiting trades people (the milkman, dustman, coalman, paper boy etc.) and, in some work places, for employers to give a Christmas bonus to employees.
Boxing Day is also known as St. Stephen's Day (when Good King Wenceslas looked out).
'Good King Wenceslas looked out,
On the Feast of Stephen...........'
He lived in Rome and was the first man to be killed for believing in the teachings of Jesus. His story is told in the Acts of the Apostles 6: 1 to 8: 2.
Some people claim that he shares this day with another St Stephen, who came from Sweden. St Stephen of Sweden is the patron saint of horses. Boxing Day has long be associated with outdoor sports, especially horse racing and hunting.
2006-12-25 21:19:06 · answer #5 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
because we spend today taking present boxes to the dump
2006-12-25 21:18:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's because it used to be when tradesmen etc got tipped, it used to be referred to as someone being given their Christmas box.
2006-12-25 21:20:03 · answer #7 · answered by Floppy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lots of boxes!
2006-12-25 21:43:09 · answer #8 · answered by suzie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people on xmas day used to get drunk and when they recovered the next day when they found out what they received as presents belted the hell out of the givers
2006-12-25 21:25:29 · answer #9 · answered by haggisbasher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont know but am sure happy its a public holiday
2006-12-25 21:25:36 · answer #10 · answered by Chariddie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋