Boxing Day is traditionally a day following Christmas when wealthy people and homeowners in the United Kingdom would give a box containing a gift to their servants. Nowadays Boxing Day is better known as a bank or public holiday that occurs on December 26, or the first or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national or regional laws. It is observed in Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and some other Commonwealth nations. MORE...Howie P.S.: Unlike Christmas, this holiday tradition has not been able to cross the Atlantic.
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Monday, December 26, 2011
Happy Boxing Day!
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