erik Posted December 26, 2002 Posted December 26, 2002 YES PEOLPE WE MUST NOT FORGET OUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS TO THE NORTH......TODAY IS THE COMMONWEALTH'S GRANDEST DAY!!! BOXING DAY!! SO IF YOU SEE ONE OF OUR BELOVED CANADAIN FRIENDS TO DO GIVE THEM A HUG AND WISH THEM A HAPPY BOXING DAY! I AM GOING CLIMBING! Quote
JoshK Posted December 26, 2002 Posted December 26, 2002 Can somebody enlighten me as to what exactly boxing day is? This came up at dinner last night and nobody knew. Quote
sk Posted December 26, 2002 Posted December 26, 2002 I have heard two diffrentt hings my mom told my boxing day was for boxing up all the stupid crap you got on x-mas heard on the radio that boxing day was the day the sevents got off, because they had to work on x-mas to serve the lords and lady's of the mannor... they would leave cold cuts and the such so they could have a day off with their family... Quote
fern Posted December 26, 2002 Posted December 26, 2002 something about giving poor people boxes in years gone by ... but now it is about getting the day off work and buying heavily discounted cd players and skis . biggest sale day of the year. Quote
Ade Posted December 27, 2002 Posted December 27, 2002 "Servants were required to work on Christmas. They were responsible for making the holiday run smoothly for wealthy landowners. They were allowed to take leave on December 26th and visit their families. The employers gave each servant a box containing gifts and bonuses. In addition, around the 800s' churches opened their alms boxes (boxes where people place monetary donations) and distributed the contents to poor." From WebHolidays.com This tradition hasn't entirely died. I can remember my parents giving the milkman, dustman etc christmas boxes when I was a kid. And of course it's another day off work. It's only the US that takes a mear 24 hours off to celebrate the birth of Christ. Quote
mbcracken Posted December 27, 2002 Posted December 27, 2002 Ade had servants growing up? My doesn't that explain a lot... Quote
Dru Posted December 28, 2002 Posted December 28, 2002 In Williams Lake, BC they decided Boxing Day wasnt enough so they declared another day Wrestling Day Quote
allthumbs Posted December 28, 2002 Posted December 28, 2002 In my town we've declared Female Jello Wrestling Day. Quote
Scott_J Posted December 29, 2002 Posted December 29, 2002 Ade said,"And of course it's another day off work. It's only the US that takes a mear 24 hours off to celebrate the birth of Christ." Fuck Ade, if its so bad here working and scraping by on the mass bucks you make from Microsoft and who ever else you contract thru go back to Jolly old England and live off the fat of the land with the Queen and her off spring. Leave us spirtiually decrepit Yanks to rot without your blessings. Quote
Ade Posted December 30, 2002 Posted December 30, 2002 I'm sorry I seem to have offended you, there's really no need to get abusive (this isn't Spray after all). Couple of points to note... I don't care how much or little time you take off to celebrate Christmas (I'm an Athiest), it just strikes me as odd that a country founded by groups of deeply religious people doesn't make a huge deal of Christmas. I never called anyone spritiually decrepit. I don't work at MSFT. My company employs your fellow Americans (well we try, the economy is tough right now etc etc). If I worked at MSFT then I'd get the whole week off, they close down between Christmas and New year I believe. The Queen and her offspring are of course essentially Germans. They changed their name to "Winsor" during the WW1 (to make fighting for King and Country a more convincing sell) Just for the record I took the 24th and 25th off but worked the 26th. Seasons Greetings and all that. Quote
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