Boxing Day
Boxing Day is the day after Christmas. It's a holiday in the United Kingdom and Canada. The actual origin of this holiday isn't clear. Here are two good explanations.
During the Middle Ages, the churches opened their "alms (施舍物)" boxes the day after Christmas. This is where people left gifts of money for the poor. When the money was handled out to the people in the neighborhood, they called it "Boxing Day".
The second explanation moves to 19th century England during the reign of Queen Victoria. Servants had to work on Christmas to m
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