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Become a Jedi warrrior, like me. Celebrate every day down the pub.....

(PS.....just back from there and some of these threads are becoming a little confusing).

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aggree with TEALEAF no one sure what day Christ was born so celebrate every day
to make sure i get right
What a wonderful story what beautiful time of year
what a good excuse for supping dirty beer






hat a wonderful story what a beautiful time of year

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Anyone else notice the dell computer Ad?
They mention the perfect gift for the holiday, not Christmas.

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I think that may be more of an Americanism, Less. I have 2 friends in the States who send me Xmas cards and they always have "Happy Holidays" printed on them.

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It's not on American tv though, no matter where it started, does it have to be used here?

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Yes that's true Dianne. Mind you the holidays don't last long- when I worked in the States in 1973/4 it was back to work on Boxing Day!

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I must admit it grates on me too. Not everyone is on holiday over Xmas anyway -there are lots of people who have to work through it!:rolleyes:

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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?:confused:

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Jedi ...? lol

more like the evil side the sith lol

dont worry you still get to drink booze;)

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It's Boxing day because that's when workers get their Christmas boxes or tips.

The name is still used in the USA.

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If I was off duty, I would volunteer to work over the xmas period at the Fire Station, as long as I saw the kids open their presents I was ok, by the time I got home at the end of shift all the relatives had gone, their the ones you can't choose to spend xmas with.

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The Charity boxes in the churches were emptied on the Feast of St Stephen and the proceeds were distributed to the poor...or at least that is what I have been lead to believe

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I worked almost every Christmas from 1974 until 2002 when I retired.

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Yes Margaret, that too - re church boxes.

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The church boxes does make sense.

As to working through the "holidays", I have a husband who barely takes any time off at all and he works through the lot to give the other men a day off -farm life is terribly tying.
In fact he has only taken 3 days off all year apart from 2 days after having a carpal tunnel op. in March instead of the prescribed 3 weeks total rest...then he wondered why is took longer to be right again.
(Oops forgive me - sounding off about workaholic husband again!)

For the PC brigade -insn't holiday another way of saying Holy Day?;)