Chez Moi

I know I ‘declared’ a blog holiday but this post was prompted by my little man. The first thing he uttered when he woke up this morning was ‘Happy Boxing Day’, followed swiftly by the ubiquitous ‘what is Boxing Day?’

I was ashamed to admit I did not know. But the truth was, I hadn’t a clue. While I kidded ‘this is the day we box’ and proceeded to have a jokey ‘boxing’ session with him, the question remained in my mind. So we decided to make a game of it and played ‘Let’s Google For It!’. According to my trusty Google search, the day after Christmas Day is known as ‘Boxing Day’ in UK and the rest of the commonwealth because:

“it was the day when people would give a present or Christmas box to those who had worked for them throughout the year.” (Wikipedia)

Check out Elaine’s Boxing day page to know more about the day and its age-old customs.

Happy Holidays!   

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