Boxing Day

boxing day English 2016 December 26 thumb|A festive lunch at home on Boxing Day in the United Kingdom Etymology Perhaps because of boxes that were placed outside churches to collect special offerings tied to St. Stephen's Day; or because of the old British custom of tradesmen collecting “Christmas boxes” of money or presents on the first weekday after Christmas as thanks for good service, mentioned by the English diarist Samuel Pepys (1633–1703).Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys 19th December 1663 Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley The Diary of Samuel Pepys M.A., F.R.S. Clerk of the Acts and Secretary to the Admiralty: For the First Time Fully Transcribed from the Shorthand Manuscript in the Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, by the Rev. Mynors Bright, M.A., Late Fellow and President of the College, with Lord Braybrooke's Notes St. Olave New York, N.Y. George E. Croscup 19 December 1663 1893 VI (July 6, 1663 – Dec. 31, 1663) 359 https://books.google.com/books?id=BjAJAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA359 4215698 Thence by coach to my shoemaker's and paid all there, and gave something to the boys' box against Christmas. Pronunciation en /ˈbɒksɪŋ deɪ/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Boxing Day.wav Southern England en /ˈbɑːksɪŋ deɪ/ GA en en-au-Boxing Day.ogg AU en Box ing Day Noun Boxing Day The day after Christmas; the 26th of December. en There are plenty of discounted Christmas items in the Boxing Day sale. en w:Charles Maurice Davies Boxing-day on the Streets Mystic London, or, Phases of Occult Life in the Metropolis London Tinsley 1875 678022820 Boxing-day in the London streets, and especially a wet Boxing-day, can scarcely fail to afford us some tableaux vivants illustrative of English metropolitan life. Christmas-eve of the year about which I write was bright and springlike; Christmas-day dismal, dark, and un-Christmas-like; but Boxing-day that year was essentially muggy, sloppy, drizzly, and nasty. en On Boxing Day, December 26th, 1902, the Sixth Grand Annual Pantomime, “Jack & the Beanstalk”: With which is Incorporated the Patriotic Legend, “St. George and the Dragon.” pantomime programme Kingston upon Thames, London [Royal County Theatre] [1902] title page 62079228 On Boxing day, December 26th, 1902, the sixth grand annual pantomime, "Jack & the beanstalk" en Steven J. Bennett Rule #12: Boxing Day 365 Rules of the New World: If We Had a Chance to Do It All Over Again, Would We Do It Right? Bloomington, Ind. Balboa Press, Hay House 5 January 2015 483 978-1-5043-2587-5 Think about all those Boxing Day sales, then sit back and relish in the fact that you have enough and that you don't give a shit. en Chloe Kerr More turkey! Where does Boxing Day get its name, what are its origins and how is it celebrated? https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/1954234/boxing-day-why-called-name/ https://web.archive.org/web/20161223222030/https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/1954234/boxing-day-why-called-name/ 23 December 2016 The Sun London 22 December 2016 Boxing Day is celebrated on December 26 each year and is a national holiday in the UK. Boxing Day is a time to spend with family or friends, particularly those not seen on Christmas Day itself. It is also a day to eat left over turkey. Boxing Day is also a time when the Brits show their eccentricity by taking part in all kinds of bizarre traditions including swimming the icy cold English Channel, or running into the sea, fun runs and charity events. December 26 is a big day for sales too. Dramatic price reductions lure out millions of shoppers who even queue for hours before the shops open. Derived terms en boxing day en boxing week Translations the day after Christmas: 26 December St. Stephen's Day Arabic: ar يَوْم اَلصَّنَادِيق m, ar بُوكْسِينْج دَاي m buksing dāy Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 節禮日 jiélǐrì Danish: da anden juledag Dutch: nl tweede kerstdag m Finnish: fi tapaninpäivä, fi tapani French: fr Boxing Day m, fr lendemain de Noël m Canada official, fr Saint-Étienne f Galician: gl día de San Estevo m German: de Zweiter Weihnachtstag m Greenlandic: kl juullip-aappaa Hebrew: he יום הקופסאות Hindi: hi बॉक्सिंग डे Hungarian: hu karácsony másnapja Icelandic: is annar í jólum m Italian: it Santo Stefano Japanese: ja ボクシング・デー bokushingu-dē Korean: ko 박싱 데이 Norwegian: Bokmål: nb andre juledag m Nynorsk: nn andre juledag m Persian: fa روز باکسینگ Polish: pl drugi dzień świąt m Russian: ru День пода́рков m Spanish: es Boxing Day m Swedish: sv annandag jul c, sv annandag annandagen Welsh: cy Gŵyl San Steffan f, cy Dydd San Steffan m See also en Christmas Day en Christmas Eve en Proclamation Day en St. Stephen's Day St. Stephen’s Day References Further reading en Christmas Holidays