The day after Christmas is known as Boxing Day. In certain countries, such as Australia, Britain, New Zealand, and Canada, Boxing Day is a public holiday.

What is Boxing Day?

Some people think that it’s the day where you chuck out the empty cardboard boxes and wrappings from the presents unwrapped on Christmas Day. Others think its a day for family members to take it out on each other once a year. Well, these are urban legends. Heh.

Boxing Day is actually also know as St. Stephen’s Day. It originates from a long-ago practice of giving cash or durable goods to those of the lower classes. Basicly, gifts were exchanged among equals on before or on Christmas Day, while gifts are given to the less fortunate the following day.

But what’s with the term BOXing Day?

Well, there are still disputes as to how the name actually came about. However, it is loudly asserted that the term probably came from the use of boxes in which these gifts to the less fortunate were distributed in. The boxes may also be an early form of Christmas bonus from the employer to his employees. Another theory is that the term may have come from the opening of church boxes for seasonal donations to the poor and needy, which were later distributed by the clergy.

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Happy Boxing Day!