December 26: Interesting Facts About Boxing Day

December 26 is declared as Boxing Day, just as 25 December for Christmas.

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Interesting Facts About Boxing Day

Hello everyone, hope you had a wonderful Christmas Celebration?

Today is Boxing Day. Perhaps, a day spent continuing the party from Christmas Day in your family, with another roast dinner, or it might be your allotted recovery time, lazing about on the sofa, eating leftover turkey rice, snacking on celebrations and watching TV.

But where does the name “Boxing Day” actually come from? And what are its significance? Unlike its name, it has got nothing to do with throwing punches.

Although the origin of the holiday is not very clear, here are a few things you should know about this day:

Most Nigerians believe Boxing Day is a day dedicated to boxers.

It isn’t a day to fight your neighbours or have a boxing competition.

It is believed by some historians that the holiday began in England during the Middle Ages. According to them, the holiday developed because servants were required to work on Christmas Day, but took the following day off. As servants prepared to leave to visit their families, their employers would present them with gift boxes as a sign of gratitude for their help working on Christmas day.

Another interesting possible origin is the suggestions that the day got its name from the tradition of churches collecting donations in boxes for the poor after Christmas during the Victorian era.

The date also seems to have its root in the tradition of boxes placed in churches where parishioners deposited coins for the poor were opened and the contents distributed on December 26.

The name of the holiday is also believed to come from “Christmas Box,” the name for a Christmas gift.

In 1994, South Africa renamed Boxing Day as the Day of Goodwill in an effort to sever ties to the country’s colonial past.

Boxing Day is celebrated in many Commonwealth countries and former British colonies.

Some European countries such as Germany, Poland, Scandinavia and the Netherlands call Dec. 26 “Second Christmas Day,”.

In Ireland they call Boxing Day ‘St. Stevens Day’.

In other continental European countries, it is known as ‘Christmas II’ or ‘Second Christmas Day’.

On Boxing Day 2004 a massive earthquake created a tsunami around the Indian Ocean resulting in the deaths of over 300,000 people.

In Australia, New Zealand, Canada and UK, Boxing Day is the heaviest shopping day of the year.

Boxing Day is one of the British bank holidays recognized since 1871.

National Candy Cane Day is celebrated 26th December every year in the United

Despite the competition between the theories and beliefs, in Today’s world, December 26, is a day to do anything you want. You can spend time with your family, go shopping, help the less privileged, appreciate people and so much more.

What do you do on Boxing Day?

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