what is the evolution story of the boxing day? any body answer in detail will win the maximum points
2007-12-15 22:31:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
I've heard 10 explainations, and everyone's sure they're right.
In addition to the ones given above:
It's the day the house servants celebrate Christmas
It's the day you return unwanted gifts
The Oxford English Dictionary says:
Boxing Day
• noun chiefly Brit. a public holiday on the first day after Christmas Day.
— ORIGIN from the former custom of giving tradespeople a Christmas box on this day.
2007-12-15 22:42:02 · answer #1 · answered by Pragmatism Please 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The term originates in Victorian era Britain, for the day after Christmas, when the rich would box up gifts and bring them to the poor. The Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas sings about giving gifts of flesh, wine, and pine logs to a poor man on St. Stephen's Day.
The term also refers to the fact that children traditionally opened their money-boxes on this day to access the money they had received over the Christmas period.
2007-12-15 22:35:10 · answer #2 · answered by matthewmccarthy32 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean Boxing day -26.12. like they call it in UK?? It is the day people open presents that are packed in boxes -after Santa delivers presents on chrismas Eve... LOL It has absolutely nothing to do with te sport of boxing!
2007-12-15 22:36:39 · answer #3 · answered by AIRzig 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its the day you box up all unwanted gifts and return them.
2007-12-15 22:34:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess its when people would return unwanted presents in secret, but then everyone else clued on that everyone else was doing it and declared it a special day for the sake of it =D
Answerr this:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071216030249AAU8JP0&pa=FYd1D2bwHTHwLb1uFOgyRq2IU88HyPlOW1EgqUUiKk1oGP4ft_pBjz_wES9CGhu_crPwzSIThLF7_w--&paid=asked&msgr_status= kthxbai
2007-12-15 22:41:39 · answer #5 · answered by Pandoooo;. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋