why BOXING day?

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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 126 Send Message	Andrew	Report	26 Dec 2006 08:50
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 126 Send Message	Historically I believe it is when the better off people take a box of food or other items to church as a donation to the poor and needy. Any other theories on the term 'boxing'? Andy. www.familytreediscovery.net
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Kim	Report	26 Dec 2006 09:05
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Apparently it is when the sports were held and the boxing matches................Kim
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Pauline	Report	26 Dec 2006 09:20
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Found this information on Google Boxing Day is the following day after Christmas Day. Like Christmas Day, Boxing Day is a public holiday. The name of the day goes back to medieval times, more than 800 years ago, when alms boxes were placed at the back of every church to collect money for the poor. Traditionally, it is on this day that the alms box at every English church is opened and the contents are distributed to the poor. Historians say the holiday developed because servants were required to work on Christmas Day, but took the following day off. As servants prepared to leave to visit their families, their employers would present them with Christmas boxes. Pauline