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Posted by: Recon Number 54
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Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts from their superiors. Well I'm not a tradesman and certainly no servant.

I am told by some of my Commonwealth friends that some locales have a Boxing Day tradition similar to a "pub crawl" where people visit friends, gather leftovers and gifts and then that combined party moves on to the next friend's house to increase the food/festivities and repeat until you have a large group and shared food/company at the final destination.

When it was described to me, it seemed like a very fun and happy tradition.
Haven't heard that before.

  • 12.26.2012 11:28 AM PDT
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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.

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Posted by: Recon Number 54
Posted by: Koolen
Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts from their superiors. Well I'm not a tradesman and certainly no servant.

I am told by some of my Commonwealth friends that some locales have a Boxing Day tradition similar to a "pub crawl" where people visit friends, gather leftovers and gifts and then that combined party moves on to the next friend's house to increase the food/festivities and repeat until you have a large group and shared food/company at the final destination.

When it was described to me, it seemed like a very fun and happy tradition.
Haven't heard that before.

Maybe they were playing on my ignorance and having me on.

I hope not. It really does sound like a fun way to relax with friends after a stressful day with family.

  • 12.26.2012 11:30 AM PDT


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Posted by: Recon Number 54
Posted by: Koolen
Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts from their superiors. Well I'm not a tradesman and certainly no servant.

I am told by some of my Commonwealth friends that some locales have a Boxing Day tradition similar to a "pub crawl" where people visit friends, gather leftovers and gifts and then that combined party moves on to the next friend's house to increase the food/festivities and repeat until you have a large group and shared food/company at the final destination.

When it was described to me, it seemed like a very fun and happy tradition.
Haven't heard that before.


Neither have I. I just thought that it was another day to visit relatives that you couldn't get to on christmas day because you were visiting closer or equally close relatives and that you didn't want to miss out completely so you went on that day. I also didn't know that it was another day off work but someone else said that it was. I get these days off anyway cos my college breaks up for the break-up for winter term.

  • 12.26.2012 11:31 AM PDT

Posted by: AngryBrute1
Oh yeah, since somebody does not believe what YOU believe; that makes us vapid...
I cannot grasp that what you call "Something happened to nothing, and that nothing became something, and it was smaller than than a period."

Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts from their superiors.That is cool.

Why do they call it "Boxing Day" though? It makes no sense.

  • 12.26.2012 11:31 AM PDT
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Posted by: Recon Number 54
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Posted by: Recon Number 54
Posted by: Koolen
Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts from their superiors. Well I'm not a tradesman and certainly no servant.

I am told by some of my Commonwealth friends that some locales have a Boxing Day tradition similar to a "pub crawl" where people visit friends, gather leftovers and gifts and then that combined party moves on to the next friend's house to increase the food/festivities and repeat until you have a large group and shared food/company at the final destination.

When it was described to me, it seemed like a very fun and happy tradition.
Haven't heard that before.

Maybe they were playing on my ignorance and having me on.

I hope not. It really does sound like a fun way to relax with friends after a stressful day with family.
Well you said commonwealth, so perhaps it happens in some commonwealth countries but not in the UK.

As far as I know people just throw parties with no gift exchanges and just provide food and drink, or go out to town to celebrate the new year im going to my aunts again this year.

Also there is no pub crawl type thing with houses.

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  • 12.26.2012 11:32 AM PDT


Posted by: Wikked Navajoe
Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts from their superiors.That is cool.

Why do they call it "Boxing Day" though? It makes no sense.


Christmas Day is for Christ and Mass for his moved date-of-birth. But that was taken for the christmas day so giving presents means giving boxes means using boxes, means Boxing Day!

  • 12.26.2012 11:33 AM PDT
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  • 12.26.2012 11:42 AM PDT

iPhone 4S 64GB Black.

We celebrate St. Stephens day here...

  • 12.26.2012 11:43 AM PDT
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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.


Posted by: TomoK12
We celebrate St. Stephens day here...

huh huh huh huh dingle huh huh huh huh...

  • 12.26.2012 11:44 AM PDT

it's just me against the world

And people still forget about Kwanzaa...

  • 12.26.2012 11:54 AM PDT

"We live in a special time; the only time where we can observationally verify that we live in a very special time" - Lawrence Krauss.

I was a finalist :P

I was watching the first day of the Boxing Day Test match all of yesterday. Sporting tradition here.

  • 12.26.2012 12:00 PM PDT

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