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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New Year’s Day in the land of the rising sun
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Iceland awaits the Yule Lads
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Misool Island, Indonesia
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World Jellyfish Day
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Happy Easter from the ‘peeps’ at Bing
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Methow Valley, North Cascades, Washington
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Marseille welcomes the Olympic torch
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Bormio, Lombardy, Italy
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Pretty, pretty…butterfly?
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Sedona, Arizona
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Birch trees, Drammen, Norway
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A hermitage with a view
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A splash by the sea
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Plate ice along Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Minnesota
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International Day for Biological Diversity
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A whale of a picture
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Marshland, Gloucester, MA
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Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting
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Aerial view of Venice, Italy
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Aspens in the White River National Forest, Colorado
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Eurasian red squirrel in Northumberland, England
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harlem
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National Llama Day
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Flower of Life symbol drawn in snow
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Badlands National Park turns 44
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Mount Logan in Yukon, Canada
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An uncommon look at an American icon
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Red fox
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Quiver trees, Keetmanshoop, Namibia
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Wheels up in Beijing
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