https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/240474 Lottery Post Forum Topic: Happy Boxing Day! en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/240474/2345779 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/240474/2345779 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:04:59 GMT Harve$t Moon Thanks for sharing this information, Myturn!

Boxing Day

From Wikipedia

Boxing Day

Observed by

some members and former members of the Commonwealth of Nations

Type

Bank holiday / Public holiday

Date

26 December Bank or public holiday

Related to

St. Stephen's Day

Boxing Day is traditionally a day following Christmas when wealthy people in the United Kingdom would give a box containing a gift to their servants.[1] T... [ More ]

]]> Harve$t Moon https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/240474 https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/240474 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:06:39 GMT myturn Boxing Day is a holiday in many countries, such as Australia, in the Commonwealth of Nations. It was traditionally a day for employers in England to give bonuses of money, leftover food or old clothing to their employees, or for lords to give agricultural tools and seeds for the coming year to their tenants. These gifts were presented in a box. Some people believe that this is the reason that December 26 is known as Boxing Day. Others think that the origin of the name is related to the box into

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