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Re: It's a sad sign of the times.
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Originally Posted by mobertol
I wonder if they actually call it Boxing day over there? Here it's always just called "Santo Stefano" -love that hymn - Good King Wenceslas...
Was always told it was Boxing day because people threw out the boxes from their presents -is this true?  |
I was led to believe that the waiting on staff/servants/delivery boys & binnies of wealthy households (Edwardian-Victorian times) received a gift/Christmas box from their betters on the 26th Dec, hence the expression "Boxing Day". 
Boxing Day
Personally I think it's more to do with household fisticuff after getting a duff pressie off the other half. 
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