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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Cool water in the Quinault
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Castellfollit de la Roca, Catalonia, Spain
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Martin Luther King Day
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Looking down on the Otter
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Kings of the Kalahari
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Pollinator Week
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International Rock Day
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The Millennium at 20
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World Chocolate Day
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A monster view in Scotland
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Anniversary of Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
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League of Nations, 100 years later
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Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica
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The desert blooms
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A bridge comes full circle
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Walruses in Svalbard, Norway
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Poinsettia Day
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Mesmerizing murmuration
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Summer solstice
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First day of summer
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In praise of bogs, swamps, and marshes
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Quilts as high art
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A gentle wind fills this sail
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A great white egret in Hungary
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