My friends took me out boxing day shopping with them this year and let me tell you: it sucked!! I did however get some good deals on dvd's and my parents asked me to get them another dvd player if I saw one under $100 (I live in canada so like $65 amerian) so I found them a pretty good one, and then when I got home I went to sleep for 8 hours.
Did anyone else go boxing day shopping?
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Isn't it a Canadian holiday to "honor and thank" your servants (i.e. waitresses, cab drivers, etc)?
It is like the day after christmas. And all the stores in canada have good deals on stuff. Like half off everything in the store, so it isn't too bad of deals.
Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. It falls on December 26, which is also St. Stephen's Day.
He was a little known saint who achieved eternal fame by being the first Christian to be martyred for his faith, and he met his death by stoning.
The public observance of Boxing Day takes place on the following Monday if December 26 falls on a Saturday or Sunday.
Boxing Day is so called because it was the custom on that day for tradesmen to collect their Christmas boxes or gifts in return for good and reliable service throughout the year.
The traditional celebration of Boxing Day included giving money and other gifts to charitable institutions, needy individuals, and people in service jobs. The holiday may date from the Middle Ages (A.D. 400's--1500's), but the exact origin is unknown. It may have begun with the lords and ladies of England, who presented Christmas gifts in boxes to their servants on December 26. Or it may have begun with priests, who opened the church's alms (charity) boxes on the day after Christmas and distributed the contents to the poor.
Some say the tradition stems from Roman times when money to pay for athletic games was collected in boxes. Amongst the ruins of Pompeii, boxes made out of earthenware with slits in the top full of coins have been found. Later the Romans brought the idea of collecting boxes to Britain, and monks and clergy soon used similar boxes to collect money for the poor at Christmas. On the day after Christmas, the priests used to open the boxes and distribute the contents to the poor of the village. Thus this day came to be called Boxing Day.
In England, the holiday has evolved into a celebration of the family.
Christmas Day was always the day you spent at home with your family, and Boxing Day would always be the day you would go to your grandparents' home.
Later on - since World War II - there's always some sports going on, It was a day of people getting out and doing things.
St Stephen is the patron saint of horses, so Boxing Day became associated with horse-racing and hunting. And other sports are held on this day also like Soccer and rugby.
In England no one works and all of the stores are closed.
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PS: No, no shopping for moi!
He was a little known saint who achieved eternal fame by being the first Christian to be martyred for his faith, and he met his death by stoning.
The public observance of Boxing Day takes place on the following Monday if December 26 falls on a Saturday or Sunday.
Boxing Day is so called because it was the custom on that day for tradesmen to collect their Christmas boxes or gifts in return for good and reliable service throughout the year.
The traditional celebration of Boxing Day included giving money and other gifts to charitable institutions, needy individuals, and people in service jobs. The holiday may date from the Middle Ages (A.D. 400's--1500's), but the exact origin is unknown. It may have begun with the lords and ladies of England, who presented Christmas gifts in boxes to their servants on December 26. Or it may have begun with priests, who opened the church's alms (charity) boxes on the day after Christmas and distributed the contents to the poor.
Some say the tradition stems from Roman times when money to pay for athletic games was collected in boxes. Amongst the ruins of Pompeii, boxes made out of earthenware with slits in the top full of coins have been found. Later the Romans brought the idea of collecting boxes to Britain, and monks and clergy soon used similar boxes to collect money for the poor at Christmas. On the day after Christmas, the priests used to open the boxes and distribute the contents to the poor of the village. Thus this day came to be called Boxing Day.
In England, the holiday has evolved into a celebration of the family.
Christmas Day was always the day you spent at home with your family, and Boxing Day would always be the day you would go to your grandparents' home.
Later on - since World War II - there's always some sports going on, It was a day of people getting out and doing things.
St Stephen is the patron saint of horses, so Boxing Day became associated with horse-racing and hunting. And other sports are held on this day also like Soccer and rugby.
In England no one works and all of the stores are closed.
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PS: No, no shopping for moi!
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