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Old Dec 26, 2005 | 12:05 AM
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Enough with Christmas

Happy Boxing Day!!!

B/c I'm too lazy to look it up (and also being on a 26.6 connection) what's the history behind Boxing Day?
 
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Old Dec 26, 2005 | 03:35 AM
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Are you talking about this "Boxing Day"?

http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/boxing.asp
 
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Old Dec 26, 2005 | 08:15 AM
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Snopes? Love this site, it is slowly crushing many of my beliefs!
 
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Old Dec 26, 2005 | 02:18 PM
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Up here in Canuckland, Boxing Day is the largest retail sales day of the year.
In fact, our stores won't allow returns on other sales until the 28th because they don't have time or staff to handle them.

Since I don't have servants I don't perform the English Tradition this day
 
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Old Dec 26, 2005 | 03:21 PM
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I celebrate Festivus myself.
 
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Old Dec 26, 2005 | 03:37 PM
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My experience with Boxing Day is limited to the M*A*S*H episode where the officers and enlisted men switch places. lol
 
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Old Dec 26, 2005 | 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by 97Centurion
I celebrate Festivus myself.
Funny, my brother-in-law tried having us celebrate too. Took me a second then I realized.
 
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Old Dec 26, 2005 | 04:16 PM
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Snopes? Love this site, it is slowly crushing many of my beliefs!
Next they're goint to tell us that santi-clause and the easter bunny don't exist.
 
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boxing day? who was fighting? who won? ding ding.
 
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