2007-12-20 03:37:09 · 7 answers · asked by Kamakaz 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
In England a long time ago ... Servants were required to work on Christmas. They were responsible for making the holiday run smoothly for wealthy landowners. They were allowed to take leave on December 26th and visit their families. The employers gave each servant a box containing gifts and bonuses. In addition, around the 800s' churches opened their alms boxes (boxes where people place monetary donations) and distributed the contents to poor.
Boxing Day is a continuation of the Christmas holiday in Europe and the Commonwealth countries. The name refers to both the day after Christmas Day, December 26, and the Public holiday which follows Christmas Day, should the 26th and 27th fall on a weekend. It is generally celebrated with people staying home with family as they did on Christmas Day, and for retail stores it is used as a name for post-Christmas sales (ie, Boxing Day Sale).
2007-12-20 03:41:45 · answer #1 · answered by lovebitesrns 4 · 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, 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 03:42:25 · answer #2 · answered by *Sparki* 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).[citation needed] 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 03:41:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People give boxes with small gifts to others like the postman that serve them during the year.
2007-12-20 03:39:42 · answer #4 · answered by LoneStar 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it goes back to the Victorian times. The kids would open all their presents on Christmas Day, and play with any toy's they'd been given. The following day they would need to tidy them away, or box them up, (Boxing Day).
2007-12-20 03:43:07 · answer #5 · answered by Firefox 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Love all the informative answers you've received - in our house we thought it was called that because after we had spent so much time in such close proximity with everyone drunk and hyped, the next day everyone was so moody that's when the fights started.
2007-12-20 03:52:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-18 05:34:54 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋