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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Leshan Giant Buddha, Sichuan, China
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Discovery Day in Yukon, Canada
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World Otter Day
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Goliath heron in Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Heron lies the Salton Sea
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Happy New Years Eve!
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Gemsbok in Namibian sand dunes
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Get amped for Glastonbury
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International Tiger Day
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Struck by Southwestern beauty
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Acadia transformed
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African buffalo, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
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A day to celebrate the sun
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Füzér Castle in the Zemplén Mountains, Hungary
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Light show at the skatepark
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Necropolis of Dargavs
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Walking among the giants
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A glimpse of the Blue Forest
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Lake Pehoé, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
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Astronomy Day and National Public Lands Day
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World Bicycle Day
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Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
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Happy trees = Clean air
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National Panda Day
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Grab onto the handlebars, kid
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Modica, Sicily, Italy
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Aw shucks, It s Oyster Day
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International Roller Coaster Day
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Islands of the Salish Sea
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First day of National Park Week
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