jeffreyab: (The Librarian)
Jeff Beeler ([personal profile] jeffreyab) wrote2006-12-29 11:53 am

Christmas to New Years Update:

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.

[identity profile] encorecrazay.livejournal.com 2006-12-29 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
My favorite for Boxing Day was it was the day the servants boxed up the remains of the Master's Christmas Feast to take home.