2007-12-26 02:27:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
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ok...so it's boxing day in the UK, too...
that doesn't quite answer my question, though. What is it??
2007-12-26 02:31:45 · update #1
It's a paid holiday up here just like Christmas.
The second answer kind of explains the origins of it.
2007-12-26 05:09:53 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Johnny Walker 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'll go find Johnny Walker, hes the only Canadian I can trust!
Johnny said!!!!!
Subject: Re: Boxing day?
Message: It's the day after christmas. It's a paid holiday up here just like christmas.
It comes from england originally. I think it was meant to give leftovers to the poor the day after christmas, this is going back years obviously.
2007-12-26 11:16:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Here, it sometimes means wild crowds full of sharp elbows at local sales. But a century or two ago, it used to be the day on which the poor or lower-rung employees were given boxes of Christmas gifts or other end-of-year type of donations.
2007-12-26 10:39:52 · answer #3 · answered by bossanovamad 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its boxing day here in the uk today also
2007-12-26 10:30:38 · answer #4 · answered by ♠ Merlin ♠ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋