We’re in London’s West End for Boxing Day, a holiday that originated in the UK. It’s said the event takes its name from the historic practice of employers giving their servants and tradespeople boxes of gifts on the day after Christmas (since the servants had to work on Christmas Day). These days, the holiday shopping deals rival those on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, particularly in the UK, Australia, and Canada, but increasingly in other countries as well. Are you celebrating Boxing Day?
Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
Today in History
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Fashion models of the avian world
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Life in a North African town
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Venice s grand regatta
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Meet the slowest flirt in the animal world
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The Aomori Nebuta Festival parade, Japan
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International Nurses Day
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International Mountain Day
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St. Paul Winter Carnival
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International Sloth Day
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Bask in the glow—It s World Turtle Day
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Southern right whale
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Wild and beautiful Alaska
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Jan van Eyckplein in Bruges, Belgium
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The Cutty Sark turns 150
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Happy Mother s Day!
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Yosemite National Park turns 132
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Big-wave hunters watch Nazaré
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Ring of Brodgar, Orkney, Scotland
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International Tiger Day
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Come out of your shell for World Turtle Day
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Alaska Day
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Celebrating Minnesota’s statehood
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Marshland, Gloucester, MA
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
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North Cascades National Park at 50
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National Moth Week
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Racing toward history
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Valentines Day
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World Whale Day
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Commemorating the life of a famous railroad conductor