So just what is Boxing Day?
Most Americans don’t have a clue December 26 is a statutory holiday in Canada called Boxing Day. All of us Canadians (as well as those in Britain, New Zealand, and Australia) enjoy the holiday.
But what’s up with this Boxing Day? What’s it celebrating and why do we get a stat holiday?
Final Jeopardy: The name of the old tradition
of getting rid of all empty boxes the day after Christmas.
Answer: What is Boxing Day?
WRONG!
And no, just because retail stores have made Boxing Day into utter madness, the holiday doesn’t come from the Retail Council of Canada either.
The Rumor Has It Section of Snopes.com gives the 411 about Boxing Day:
Reduced to the simplest essence, its origins are found in a long-ago practice of giving cash or durable goods to those of the lower classes.
Gifts among equals were exchanged on or before Christmas Day, but beneficences to those less fortunate were bestowed the day after.
However, Snopes.com provides another five credible origins for Boxing Day. To read the complete Snopes.com article, GO HERE.