26 Dec 2009

Happy Boxing Day, but not in the United States

by  Zanne    

Boxing DayI noticed on Facebook that friends in Singapore, Australia, Canada, etc. were celebrating Boxing Day today, December 26th. Since we don’t have Boxing Day in the United States I set out to find out the origin of Boxing Day.

What I found through my research is that people celebrating Boxing Day really don’t either. Some say it is a day to box up the Christmas Decorations and put away the gifts, some see it as our “Black Friday” and others the day where the rich should give to the poor. This American sounds like a good idea to extend the Christmas holidays and recover from all the hullabo. What do you think?

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