What is Boxing day?

Question

just wondering

and what does it have to do with football(soccer)

Answer 1

Despite its name, Boxing Day, which is celebrated on December 26 in Great Britain, has nothing to do with pugilistic competition. Nor is it a day for people to return unwanted Christmas presents. While the exact origins of the holiday are obscure, it is likely that Boxing Day began in England during the Middle Ages.

Some 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 gift boxes.

Church Alms Boxes
Another theory is that the boxes placed in churches where parishioners deposited coins for the poor were opened and the contents distributed on December 26, which is also the Feast of St. Stephen.

As time went by, Boxing Day gift giving expanded to include those who had rendered a service during the previous year. This tradition survives today as people give presents to tradesmen, mail carriers, doormen, porters, and others who have helped them.

Answer 2

Boxing Day is a public holiday celebrated in United Kingdom & most other Commenwealth countries, on 26 December, a day after Christmas.

Answer 3

It is December 26th, the day after Christmas, and is a public holiday in the UK and some other nations such as Australia.

The exact reason for the name are lost in time, but it is generally accepted that it is named after the collection boxes placed in churches, where people deposited coins for the local poor, These were traditionally opened and the contents distributed on December 26.

It is NOT the day on which presents are opened in the UK, that is always done on Christmas Day itself.

And as far as its connection to football, there is no direct connection. It has simply become a traditional date in the UK for matches to be played over the Christmas holidays, although as recently as the 1960s matches were usually played on Christmas Day.

Answer 4

Day after Christmas, when people took food and money and put in boxes for service people.

Answer 5

It's a holiday on December 26th when British people open their Christmas presents. I still do that even though I now live in America, must be a tradition...

Answer 6

if you dont know,,you cant be english