Why is boxing day called boxing day ?
2007-12-19 10:03:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Because hundreds of years ago, thats when presents were wrapped and given
2007-12-19 10:06:22 · answer #1 · answered by looby 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the Victorians needed their servants to work on Christmas day to make a big meal & attend to all the guests etc. So the servants had the day off on Boxing Day and were given a box with a present (like a new apron etc.) and some food and money in it so they could have some time to celebrate too.
2007-12-20 08:14:56 · answer #2 · answered by claude 5 · 0⤊ 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, and also to their own servants (for whom Boxing Day, unlike Christmas Day, was a holiday). 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.
2007-12-20 08:32:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tracy is spot on with her answer.
Boxing Day was the day when tradesmen like the milkman were given a Christmas Box. They used to have Christmas Day off as holiday but were expected to be back at work the day after.
2007-12-19 18:12:34 · answer #4 · answered by nemesis 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because in victorian times rich households gave out christmas boxes to tradesmen at the door.
2007-12-19 18:06:41 · answer #5 · answered by tracy H 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Cos in the old days everyone used to repack their presents in boxes.
2007-12-21 19:00:23 · answer #6 · answered by Hotcakes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the day you put all your bad presents in a box never to be seen again.
2007-12-19 20:16:34 · answer #7 · answered by adron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tracy H is right, but in this day it's probably named eftur all the moaning and argueing that goes on when all the families get together!! Usually a sure sign o' trouble!!!!
2007-12-19 18:46:32 · answer #8 · answered by Angela M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was originally St Stepens day i think but dont know where they got boxing day from .
2007-12-19 18:56:42 · answer #9 · answered by rudd_linda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a long time back, the rich gave their servants and the poor any leftover food they hadnt eaten on christmas day. it was "boxed up and given to them, and to them this was their holiday
2007-12-20 09:25:28 · answer #10 · answered by Ratchet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋