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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Prince Christian Sound in southern Greenland
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Siblings Day
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Happy Presidents Day
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International Day of Peace
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Black History Month
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Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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Of moose and Maine
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Horse Head Rock, New South Wales, Australia
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Ahh-tumn
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Oh, happy day!
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Into the woods
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Snow buntings take flight
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Provence blooms with lavender at Sénanque Abbey
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The 80th anniversary of D-Day
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Dunquin Pier, County Kerry, Ireland
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Yarn bombing in the village of Gurnard, England
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Flooded crypt, Basilica of San Francesco, Ravenna, Italy
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In the Red Sea for World Dolphin Day
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Old man s whiskers growing wild
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75th anniversary of the Spruce Goose
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Mute swans
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Rocks on the move
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The natural ice wall of Misotsuchi, Chichibu, Japan
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Let’s go mothing
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Serra de Tramuntana, Majorca, Spain
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Dark skies over New Mexico
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Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico
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The Great Blue Hole, Belize
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Aýna, Albacete, Spain
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Surströmming Day
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