Christmas to New Years Update:

[jeffreyab]

According to many advertising flyers this period is now know in Canada as:

BOXING WEEK!

Mainly because the traditional Canadian Boxing Day Sale is now spread over a longer period of time to allow more people to enjoy the ritual.

Also: No I do not know why they call it Boxing Day. My favourite theory is because its the day you hand a Christmas box to people who deliver to your house like the mailman, the milkman, the iceman, the heating oil/coal delivery man, grocery delivery boy, the Brown Santa delivery person and his ilk, the newspaper boy and the telegram delivery boy.

Comments

[kgkofmel.livejournal.com]

My understanding is that Boxing Day is called Boxing Day because it was/is the day that gifts were given to staff (servants), tenants and other non-family dependents.

They have a good track record for being correct....

[timeshredder.livejournal.com]

And even they're (http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/boxing.asp) not 100% certain.