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Who celebrates Boxing Day? What to know about the holiday
Christmas customs chances are you’ll not learn about but
Some vacation traditions are extra frequent than others. Listed here are some chances are you’ll not have heard.
Boxing Day is developing on Friday, December 26, though it’s not formally acknowledged in Michigan or throughout the US
In England and a few Commonwealth international locations, together with Canada, the vacation is well known the day after Christmas. Festivities sometimes embrace exchanging presents, consuming Christmas leftovers, watching soccer or soccer, and watching horse racing.
Here is what you might want to learn about Boxing Day.
When is Boxing Day?
Boxing Day is Friday, December 26.
What’s Boxing Day?
Boxing Day is a public vacation celebrated the day after Christmas in Nice Britain and a few Commonwealth international locations, together with Canada.
In Britain, Boxing Day was established as a public vacation throughout the reign Queen Victoria.
Why is it known as Boxing Day?
Boxing Day has an extended historical past and all through time there have been a number of theories as to the place the identify and vacation got here from. The most popular theory is that the identify comes from a practice of giving boxed presents to the poor, the BBC mentioned.
Centuries in the past, servants labored on December 25, serving these they labored for, then getting the subsequent time off for their very own celebrations with household and buddies. As a thanks for his or her providers, they’d obtain the bins as a present and take them dwelling.
Others consider the tradition is named Boxing Day in relation to the church, which had a donation field for folks in want, which they’d distribute after Christmas Day.
How is Boxing Day celebrated?
Boxing Day celebrations include a time off, present giving, procuring, charity, watching horse racing and soccer video games and sharing Christmas leftovers with family members, in line with the Outdated Farmer’s Almanac.
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