Reply With QuoteThe one I've always been told is it's the day when in olden times people put gifts they didn't want into boxes and give them to the needy people, hence boxing day.
I'm going out later watching United in the pub.
i just plan on sitting around watching football. what about you lot?
also i have a few Boxing day questions (we never really observed it in my house)...what the hell is it all about? like history, customs, etc... id really like to know cause as i said, we never really gave it a second thought in my house, besides simply calling the day after Christmas "Boxing day". that and Boxing day isnt observed here in the U.S.
also why is it the busiest shopping day over there? surely a day BEFORE Christmas would make more sense? or is it called Boxing day because you put all the shit you got for Christmas that you dont want into boxes and take it back?
anyway, Happy Boxing Day (if thats appropriate, i have no idea).
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The one I've always been told is it's the day when in olden times people put gifts they didn't want into boxes and give them to the needy people, hence boxing day.
I'm going out later watching United in the pub.
Last edited by Che; 09:55, 26th Dec 2011 at 09:55.
ha, right on. i would be pissed off if somebody took my gift and gave it to the poor cause they didnt want itOriginally Posted by Che
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Just off into B'ham city centre, for the sales.Back home, shower, change of clothes, back to Digbeth.Pre match shedful of beer. Off to the game.
who ya playing?
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West Ham. Luckily, only 3 shops were gonna to visit. House of fraser, selfridges, and ONU.
right on man. im avoiding downtown Salem at all costs today cause even though we dont celebrate Boxing day in America, its still a massively huge shopping day.
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Weird thing about selfridges, is that they dont actually, sell fridges.
fucking bait and switch that, you should go in and demand free shit
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It was also left over food from the Christmas feast
Going to watch the mighty Mossley beat Cammell Laird hopefully.
Booze and footy that is all..
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Used to be:
Now it is Football and nothing else as, oh and getting smashed!Boxing Day is traditionally a day following Christmas when wealthy people and homeowners in the United Kingdom would give a box containing a gift to their servants. Nowadays Boxing Day is better known as a bank or public holiday that occurs on December 26, or the first or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national or regional laws. It is observed in Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and some other Commonwealth nations.
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in Middlesbrough, "Boxing day" is when you take the trash out and you have to stack up all the pizza and parmo boxes from the week into a 6 foot tower and say "fook me, i need to diet"
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Surprisingly accurate despite the fact you've probably never been to Middlesbrough mate.in Middlesbrough, "Boxing day" is when you take the trash out and you have to stack up all the pizza and parmo boxes from the week into a 6 foot tower and say "fook me, i need to diet"
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