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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Mont-Saint Michel during high tide, Normandy, France
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Let’s go mothing
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Water colors
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Salt of the earth
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World Penguin Day
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Dubrovnik, Croatia
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Cherry blossom season in Tokyo
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The smoke before the bonfire
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St. Gregory Church in Ani Ruins, Kars, Türkiye
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Channel Country, Australia
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Cherry blossoms spring to life
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Adorable activism
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Groundhog Day arrives—beyond a shadow of a doubt
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The otherworldly red river
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Kinder Scout, Peak District National Park, England
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Tintern Abbey, Wales
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The Elbe in Dresden, Germany
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Mountains fit for a queen
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Thick-billed raven, Simien Mountains, Ethiopia
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Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
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Extraterrestrial Culture Day
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Party like it’s 5779
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A night of art and culture
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Celebrating World Water Day
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Oud-West, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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International Haiku Poetry Day
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Legacy mural in Philadelphia
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Autumn comes to the Porcupines
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Chapel on the rock
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Przewalskis horses, Hustai National Park, Mongolia
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