This question was inspired by Fuzzy~Bare. I read up on it but I would like the opinion of those that celebrate this day. I know that Canada, the UK, Australia and a few other countries have this day.
2007-12-20 13:04:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I think it originated in Britain..something to do with sharing with the poor...its become commercial now...like Black Friday, in the states...
2007-12-20 13:13:42 · answer #1 · answered by Ŗεŋεε 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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.
Boxing Day is December 26, the day after Christmas, and is celebrated in Great Britain and in most areas settled by the English (the U.S. is the major exception), including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
2007-12-22 11:15:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Boxing Day is a economic business enterprise holiday or a public holiday interior the united kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, Greenland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and international places interior the Commonwealth of countries with a particularly Christian inhabitants.
2016-12-11 10:32:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the day after christmas
it came about in old england when all the rich ppl would have really big banquets on christmas
boxing day came about because the day after christmas the rich would BOX up their left overs and give them to the poor who couldnt afford a big meal
so boxing day is the day after christmas
now-a-days we just spend time with family on this day
its not really CELEBRATED to say, just some ppl are more conciuous of the past
and as the poster below me says its was origonated in Britain, and this is true (i just wanted to agree with her)
i like this day, you can pop christmas crackers and keep the holiday spirit up
you can also have a really good meal again (lol)
it also is a day when you can get great deals on everything in stores
oh, anyone can copy something from wikipedia, but not everyone can give an origonal responce
2007-12-20 13:09:31 · answer #4 · answered by Whispkin B 6 · 3⤊ 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.[citation needed]
[edit] Date
In common usage, 26 December is continually referred to as Boxing Day whichever day of the week it occurs on.[3] If it falls on a Sunday then in countries where it is a Bank Holiday the Statutory Holiday is moved to Monday 27 December to ensure a day without work.[4][5][6] As Christmas Day would therefore be a Saturday, Tuesday 28 December is also declared as a holiday in lieu.
In some Commonwealth countries, fixed-date holidays falling on Saturday or Sunday are often observed on the next weekday, so if Boxing Day falls on a Saturday then Monday 28 December is a public holiday; in the UK and other countries this is accomplished by Royal Proclamation.
If Christmas Day falls on a Sunday itself then the Boxing Day holiday is automatically on Monday 26 December, and no Royal Proclamation is required. In such a circumstance, a 'substitute bank holiday in lieu of Christmas Day' is declared for Tuesday 27 December, this being the next available working day - thus the Boxing Day holiday occurs before the substitute Christmas holiday.
Although the same legislation (Bank Holidays Act 1871) originally established the Bank Holidays throughout the British Isles, the holiday after Christmas was defined as Boxing Day in England and Wales and St Stephen's Day for Ireland. St Stephen's Day is fixed as the 26 December
2007-12-20 13:54:40 · answer #5 · answered by sa_2006 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
We celebrate boxing day too.
(See above answers to learn more about Boxing Day)
It's also a great time to go Christmas decoration shopping because everything is on sale.
2007-12-21 01:07:20 · answer #6 · answered by jazzteen13x 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is the Christmas I believe where the upper crust of British society would give boxes filled with treats to their servants. I think that it's very Bogus.
2007-12-21 05:04:16 · answer #7 · answered by robert s 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well u get a pair of boxing gloves on and find some one 2 box with and play around to
2007-12-20 14:36:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
it's the day i lock the bedroom door.and throw away the key.now i gotcha baby girl
2007-12-21 00:34:48 · answer #9 · answered by secret agent 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋