Boxing Day

Hello guys.

I just can't believe it is already December. And when December comes, Christmas starts to say hello to us as well.LOL  

Teacher Andreza Ferro

Before I start telling you about my first Xmas in England, let me ask you something.

What is the first think that comes in your mind when someone says: Boxing Day?

Is it something like this?

A

or like this?

B

or

C

When I lived in England my first Christmas far from my family was very strange, and I discovered something very different about their Xmas as well. First, they don't start celebrating on 24th December. Yep, they don't, they only celebrate it on 25th  Xmas day or eve as they say, and the most different one, they have Boxing day. When I heard about this day I thought, what a heck box and Xmas together. Here is a little about it for you.

Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradespeople would receive gifts from their superiors or employers. Today, Boxing Day is better known as a bank or public holiday that occurs on 26^th December, or the first or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national or regional laws. It is observed in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and some other Commonwealth nations.

In South Africa, Boxing Day was renamed Day of Goodwill in 1994. In Ireland it is recognized as St. Stephen's Day (Irish: LáFhéileStiofáin) or the Day of the Wren (Irish: LáanDreoilín). In the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, Germany, Scandinavia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Catalonia, 26^th December is celebrated as the Second Christmas Day.

In Canada, Boxing Day takes place on 26^th December and is a federal public holiday.In Ontario, Boxing Day is a statutory holiday where all full-time workers receive time off with pay.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day

So who said that Boxing day look more like the letter C, was totally right. Nowadays Boxing day is the day they rush to the stores to buy and change their gifts. It is the best time to buy in there, like Black Friday in The USA.

I hope you had enjoyed to know a little about this lovely day in there.