What is Boxing Day

The Irish and Catalan regions of Spain celebrate the day as Saint Stephen's Day, which has religious connections. And just like this year's Christmas that falls ...

According to another theory, it was a day off for servants of the wealthy, and a day when their masters gave them a special Christmas box. Back in time, alms were given to those in need on Boxing Day. On Boxing Day or the day after Christmas, churches traditionally place money collection boxes for the poor.

Boxing Day was traditionally a holiday for servants, on which they received a special Christmas box from their masters. On Boxing Day, the servants would also return home to give their families Christmas boxes. Boxing Day 2022: History, celebration ...

Coincidentally, the money would be kept in a box, giving support to the Boxing Day moniker. However, in these countries, the holiday is usually treated as a shopping event, similar to Black Friday, and marks the start of sales. Every year, December 26 is known as “Boxing Day” in all sports around the world. The presents given would be referred to as a 'Christmas box' which led to the day eventually known as 'Boxing Day'. Traditionally, servants were allowed to take the day off. [Boxing Day](/topic/boxing-day)is to be observed as a bank holiday between Christmas and New Year's Day this year.

On day after Christmas, government, churches and aid groups work together to provide food, books, and school fees to tens of thousands of needy kids.

“Some of the children found themselves in new environments and in new schools and they had to grapple with the new environment and performance. The U.N. "The children in the Northwest region have gone through very disturbing times due to insecurity, and once displaced, you bear with me, you already have some psychological instability,” he told VOA via a messaging app from Bamenda, capital of the Northwest region. "Children that have been displaced are living in very deplorable situations,” Ndi said. Cameroon is marking Boxing Day, the day after Christmas when gifts are traditionally given to the poor, with a nationwide gift drive for internally displaced children. “We thought it necessary that we could seek assistance and donations from some of our elite and then we get to these children so that some that didn't have anything to eat at all, can have something to eat.

The Director, Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC), Abuja, Catholic Archdiocese, Reverend Father Solomon Ukoh, stated this in an interview with ...

In some other places, the day is marked as St. That is why it is called the Box Day. On why the name Boxing day, the JDPC Director noted that “Boxing Day was traditionally a day when the servants open the special Christmas box received from their masters and celebrate.

A high influx of children and adults were observed in places like Agodi Gardens and Shoprite at both Ring Road and Dugbe.

We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages. We all need to show love to one another,” she said. “We all deserve to be happy and loved. This period is about being happy because Jesus Christ has paid the price for our salvation,” he said. We decided as a family today to come out and have fun,” she said. I’m here having fun and making new friends.

Shoppers appear to have defied Boxing Day expectations with early indications suggesting footfall at UK retail destinations is up by as much as half on this ...