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Happy Boxing Day everyone!!

MidnightVoice — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:26:37 GMT

Have a great one

Re: Happy Boxing Day everyone!!

Scamp — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:50:23 GMT

MidnightVoice wrote:
Have a great one

Happy Boxing Day, MV! I hope Father Christmas was good to you, yesterday.

Can YOU tell me what on earth Boxing Day is about?? None of my other Brit friends have been able to tell me.

Is it about packaging? Pugilists? What?

Re: Happy Boxing Day everyone!!

MidnightVoice — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:34:33 GMT

http://www.search.com/reference/Boxing_Day

Based on giving gifts of food to the poor

Message Edited by MidnightVoice on 12-26-2008 08:34 AM

Re: Happy Boxing Day everyone!!

Scamp — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:08:52 GMT

MidnightVoice wrote:
http://www.search.com/reference/Boxing_Day

Based on giving gifts of food to the poor
Message Edited by MidnightVoice on 12-26-2008 08:34 AM

Ah - thank you, Sir!

Re: Happy Boxing Day everyone!!

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:37:42 GMT

I figured it had something to do with the method of navigating the stores for returns and exchanges the day after Christmas. Stick and Move. Stick and Move.

Re: Happy Boxing Day everyone!!

haulingthescoreup — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:20:08 GMT

And I thought it was tripping over all the empty boxes stacked up, ready to be broken down and taken to the dump!

Re: Happy Boxing Day everyone!!

KingAdrock — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:37:01 GMT

Wasn't boxing day originally about giving gifts to your servants, since they had to cook and clean for you on Christmas Day?

Re: Happy Boxing Day everyone!!

MidnightVoice — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:42:06 GMT

Servants, serfs, tennants - all that sort of stuff