Why is Boxing Day called so?
There are several different explanations for the origin of ‘boxing day’ but I think we can make the broad statement that they each in their own way characterise an act of charitable gift giving that involves the use of a box… * Among the better off, there was also the custom of boxing up left over Christmas food and distributing it to the poor on the day after Christmas Day. From all such generous and charitable activities comes the label Boxing Day. * Likewise, people who performed public services, such as lamplighters or postal workers, often carried around earthenware boxes on the 26th to receive tips from the people who benefited from their work. Although employees and public workers continue to receive Christmas gifts or money in modern times, the exchange often occurs before Christmas. * In feudal times, Christmas was a reason for a gathering of extended families. All the serfs would gather their families in the manor of their lord, which made it easier for the lord of the esta
