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   pouncingtiger said, 5 months ago

   Gladys knocked out that idea.
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   AshburnStadium said, 5 months ago

   My Canadian friends tell me that they also observe that day. They use it to go shopping for the best after-Christmas bargains, very similar to our Black Friday.
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   Prof danglais said, 5 months ago

   In Britain, it was a custom for tradesmen to collect “Christmas boxes” of money or presents on the first weekday after Christmas as thanks for good service throughout the year.
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   Allan said, 5 months ago

   @AshburnStadium

   Except this year, our idiot stores decided to do better “Black Friday” deals, then our “Boxing Day” deals. We are not happy. :(
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   Submachine said, 5 months ago

   Always sump’n.
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   Perkycat said, 5 months ago

   @AshburnStadium

   After seeing videos of Black Friday shoppers – Boxing Day is a more appropriate name!
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   whmIII said, 5 months ago

   @Perkycat

   Agreed…
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   natureboyfig4 said, 5 months ago

   The day after Christmas? Why don’t they do their shopping on the day after Thanksgiving like us?

   :-P
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   Bobby Krell said, 5 months ago

   @AshburnStadium

   As a Canadian I will confirm this. As a former retail drone I will say it is great incentive to NEVER go out on Boxing Day.
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    guswild said, 5 months ago

    Actually, it started in England with the rich. The staff got the day after Christmas off and were given the boxes from their employers presents.
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    whmIII said, 5 months ago

    Got Gloves???
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    Josh Lyons said, 5 months ago

    AW, man! That’s a blond for you!!
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    truecanadianliberal said, 5 months ago

    @Bobby Krell

    Bobby, what city? it depends what you need. As a newly unemployed person I have little that I MUST buy this week. But a few years ago I LOVED going to Boxing Day sales. (This comment is ignorant as usual; Canada is much closer to the US and many many Americans are aware of our Boxing Day; in fact, I thought it was “celebrated” in the States as well).
    But isn’t it easier now that most retailers appear to have Boxing WEEK sales?
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    msoul said, 5 months ago

    The definitive answer re Boxing Day is as follows. In years past once Christmas day was over the retail stores placed all their displayed stuff back into their boxes and stored them away til next year, thus the name Boxing Day. Of course we have no understanding of this as our ‘after Christmas’ sales will be going on until June or so. Mike the Canuck.
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    jebjayman said, 5 months ago

    No, no. Boxing day started as amn English tradition, when the rich put their left-over Christmas meals in boxes for their staff.
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