BOXING DAY

[Barry White]

No google but why do we celebrate boxing day? I know its the feast of saint Stephen.Also the carol "good king Wenceslas" is about it.

 

[snowhead]

It's the day we chuck all the boxes out from the Xmas Pressies

 

[telectrix]

but the kids chuck the toys and play with the boxes.

 

[Kamikaze]

Is it because all the presents go back into boxes and then get stored in the attic with all the other presents from previous years?

 

[egg67]

It's the day when all the tradesmen would go round to ther customers and would be given a box that had money and a gift in it.
It is also the day I have to get more boxes of beer

 

[telectrix]

i found a present for my lad that had been left in the attic since last year. shame, he would have loved that puppy.

 

[7029 dave]

Day of the wren.

 

[7029 dave]

The Wren / The King / Joy, Health, Love and Peace (Roud 19109) - https://mainlynorfolk.info/martin.carthy/songs/thewren.html

 

[7029 dave]

 

[Barry White]

well all i could remember from school was it was the feast of st Stephen like my first post. So i googled it.
LMGTFY - http://lmgtfy.com/?q=where+did+the+name+boxing+day+come+from

 

[telectrix]

not sure about boxing day, but it looks like paul gascoine has just invented wrestling day.

 

[Barry White]

Yes seems he is in hospital with head injuries.
Gazza in hospital with head injury - http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2016-12-28/gazza-in-hospital-with-head-injury/