For those of us in Commonwealth countries, today is Boxing Day but for many other countries this day have other names like St Stephen’s Day is the feast day for Saint Stephen the first Christian martyr. The feast day is mentioned in the traditional Christmas carol “Good King Wenceslas”, when the good king braved the…
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Origins of Boxing Day
Boxing Day, (the day after Christmas) hasn’t always been a day of shopping bargains and madness but had it’s origins in a far different tradition. It was traditionally the day that tradespeople and servants would receive a ‘Christmas Box’ of gifts from their employers. Having served their employers and their family on Christmas Day the…