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Boxing Day Holiday!

26 December 2011 By: Marlene3 Comments

I bet some of you are going back to work today with reluctance. I, on the other hand, being a teacher, am having a holiday break for about three weeks. It’s indeed gratifying to have such a benefit. But for other line of work, today is just a normal day, though not really if it’s a day after Christmas Day. Well, lucky for those who are celebrating Boxing Day because it’s still a holiday. At least here in Scandinavia and other parts of Europe celebrate this day as a non-working holiday.

I haven’t heard of Boxing Day until a student mentioned it last week. I’ve been accustomed to what it’s called in the Swedish calendar, Annanday Jul, which can be translated as Second Day Christmas. I was confused why it was called Boxing Day, I thought it had something to do with boxing, you know, fighting. Hubby couldn’t tell me either what it meant. All he knew was the 26th of December is a holiday.

Gladly, hubby showed me an article in a newspaper this morning that explained what Boxing Day was all about. I was enlightened after reading it. The word “boxing” doesn’t mean the punching but comes from the word “box”. Hahaa! How did I miss it? I think it’s easy to associate “boxing” with fighting than with wrapping or packaging. Do you have lots of leftover from your Christmas dinner? Box them and share to the needy, then you will have Boxing Day. It’s what it’s all about. Though in the old times, it was about the rich boxing and giving leftovers and gifts to the workers or servants.

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Happy Boxing Day!

About Marlene

Marlene works as a teacher, but she blogs in her spare time. She started blogging in 2007, and since then, it has become one of her hobbies. She writes for Lemback.com, which she and her husband have built and managed but later moved to Wordpress to join other WP bloggers. Connect Marlene on Twitter

Comments

  1. Tushar says

    26 December 2011 at 15:50

    Merry Christmas to you, family and friends.

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      28 December 2011 at 23:56

      Thank you, and to you, too! Welcome back.

      Reply
  2. Marlene says

    28 December 2011 at 23:58

    I must say, I can’t let my blog live in one theme forever. This one’s kind of special to me because it’s the layout I’ve ever wanted. I’ll write about this theme sooner or later.

    Reply

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