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<blockquote data-quote="DS" data-source="post: 1082005" data-attributes="member: 556">Alright I&#039;m a tad late with this but alas,the Canadian link to our boxing day,apparently goes back.Pickup will be happy to know,I am part of the commonwealth.If you attack Britain.we will kill your ass.Ok here&#039;s the history of boxing day.December 26 is called Boxing Day in England and other countries in the Commonwealth, but it is unknown exactly when it first began.Boxing Day seems to have originated in the mid nineteenth century in England. Some historians believe the name &#039;Boxing Day&#039; came about because the boxes placed in churches where parishioners deposited alms (coins) for the poor and needy were opened, and the contents were distributed on December 26, which is also the Feast of St Stephen. (St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.)Others believe that the Boxing Day tradition originated as a holiday for members of the upper class to give boxes containing food, clothing or money to tradespeople and servants, in much the same way that many employers offer their employees bonuses today. These gifts were usually given in boxes; hence the name &#039;Boxing Day&quot;.Oxford English Dictionary says this comes from the Christmas box; the verb box meaning: To give a Christmas-box, and then leading to the term boxing-day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DS, post: 1082005, member: 556"] Alright I'm a tad late with this but alas,the Canadian link to our boxing day,apparently goes back. Pickup will be happy to know,I am part of the commonwealth. If you attack Britain.we will kill your ass. Ok here's the history of boxing day. [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]December 26 is called Boxing Day in England and other countries in the Commonwealth, but it is unknown exactly when it first began.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Boxing Day seems to have originated in the mid nineteenth century in England. Some historians believe the name 'Boxing Day' came about because the boxes placed in churches where parishioners deposited alms (coins) for the poor and needy were opened, and the contents were distributed on December 26, which is also the Feast of St Stephen. (St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Others believe that the Boxing Day tradition originated as a holiday for members of the upper class to give boxes containing food, clothing or money to tradespeople and servants, in much the same way that many employers offer their employees bonuses today. These gifts were usually given in boxes; hence the name 'Boxing Day". Oxford English Dictionary says this comes from the Christmas box; the verb box meaning: To give a Christmas-box, and then leading to the term boxing-day. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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