Related: 120 'Happy Holidays' Wishes To Use Throughout Christmas and New Year's Boxing Day is a holiday originally dedicated to providing gifts and charity to lower-income workers and impoverished ...

According to History.com, the lords and aristocrats would give their servants "Christmas boxes" filled with leftovers and small gifts after the parties, leading to the name "Boxing Day." ...

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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — On Dec. 26, most Americans are either headed back to work or enjoying what is left of their time off work, but in Great Britain and many other countries around the ...

and Boxing Day has been an established holiday since 1871, although references to a day of gift-giving on this date go back even further. It is named after the tradition of employers handing out ...

"Boxing Day is the day after Christmas ... the gentry then boxed gifts to their servants," Blackwell said.The holiday traditions have since changed quite a bit."It was the time after Christmas ...

In countries that celebrate it, Boxing Day comes from a continuation of the gift-giving tradition of Christmas. Britannica says that the day was when servants, tradespeople and the poor were given ...