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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Bryce Canyon National Park turns 100
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An emerald isle of the Emerald Isle
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Gardens by the Bay nature park, Singapore
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Falling for the Canadian Rockies
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Reflecting on one of the world s strangest rivers
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Marine Day in Japan
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No, it s not a leaf. Happy Look-alike Day
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Duck, duck. duck, duck, duck...
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It’s surströmming time
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A midsummer twilight s dream
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Salmon return to the Copper River
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Adorably evolutionary sea sheep
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Replica of a Viking home in Dublin National Botanic Gardens, Ireland
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A notorious gunfight that was incorrectly named
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Put your flippers in the air…
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National Go Birding Day
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Astoria-Megler Bridge, Oregon
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Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland
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International Tea Day
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Celebrating Mexico in a Cultural Capital
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Spot on for International Cat Day
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Tolkien Reading Day
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A monster view in Scotland
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Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
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The mountaintop of toppled gods
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Thick-billed raven, Simien Mountains, Ethiopia
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Chicagohenge
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Ruins of Inca temples and terraces on Huayna Picchu, Peru
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Bernina Pass, Graubünden, Switzerland
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Mediterranean red sea stars
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