2007-01-06 00:48:34 · 9 answers · asked by Unconditional Love 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
Good reading at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_day
2007-01-06 00:50:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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. 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.
2007-01-06 08:58:36 · answer #2 · answered by chadluquette 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd go to the link the first guy posted. It has nothing to do with when you are supposed to open gifts from what I could tell. I read the same article a week ago when I wanted to know what Boxing Day was.
2007-01-06 08:57:43 · answer #3 · answered by Melissa Me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in the past, this was the day after Christmas when pastors would open the charity donation boxes at the churches and distribute the money to the poor.
2007-01-06 08:53:51 · answer #4 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My sister-in-law always thought is was named that so she could get all the boxes of stuff she got for Christmas and didn't want, take them to the store, and exchange them for boxes of stuff she did want.
lol
2007-01-06 08:57:07 · answer #5 · answered by azohawk 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because it's the day after Christmas, when ppl put away all the boxes they received gifts in
2007-01-06 08:58:48 · answer #6 · answered by mArYaM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you are supposed to open your presents that day is one of the various reasons.
2007-01-06 08:55:35 · answer #7 · answered by Secret Cola Ninja 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because servents used to get money from their employers in small (usually clay) boxes.
2007-01-06 08:57:04 · answer #8 · answered by ailsa w 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
because evrybody is BOXING on that day ha ha ha
2007-01-06 10:10:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋