If the United States adopted Boxing Day, maybe we could show our friends in the British Commonwealth what the holiday should represent: charity and a thought for those less fortunate after an increasingly commercial Christmas.
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It’s more than likely that you’ve never heard of Boxing Day unless you hang out with Canadians or Britons at Christmas. Here’s everything you need to know about the day. Canadians are heading out to do take advantage of Boxing Day discounts as well. There are several stories surrounding the origin of the name of the holiday. At one time, the day involved metal boxes being left outside churches where people could leave donations for the needy.
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If the voyage was successful, the box would be given to a priest to distribute to the poor.
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Boxing Day comes a day after Christmas in certain countries.
How is it celebrated? . However, if it falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday becomes the statutory holiday. It is an official bank holiday.
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And for some it used to be a day for fox hunting, but the practice has been mostly banned in Britain for more than a decade. However, the tradition of helping the poor continues, with schools filling boxes with charitable items to donate to those in need. In England, according to the BBC, the day attracts a record number of shoppers, some of them returning gifts but most attracted by “door-buster” post-holiday sales. And the Day of the Wren name has its origins in men going out to hunt a wren: If caught, it was usually paraded through town on a pole.
