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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A wetland in Västmanland, Sweden
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Celebrating Native American Heritage Day
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Fall Astronomy Week
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Maya site of Copán
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Heavens Gate Cave, Tianmen Mountain National Park, China
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Gray days ahead in Monterey
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Birds of a feather
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Celebrating National Panda Day
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Knuthöjdsmossen, a nature reserve in Sweden
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Temple of Philae, Aswan, Egypt
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Lantern Festival
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A universe underground
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International Rock Day
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World Bee Day
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Arrr, it be Talk Like a Pirate Day
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Dressed for winter fun
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Nursing the world to health
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Christmas lights in Domaso, Lake Como, Italy
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Four Sisters, thousands of trees
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Celebrating Minnesota’s statehood
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Lunar eclipse
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Instant romance
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Welcome to El Cervantino
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International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
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Freeze frame
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A. M. Foster Bridge in Cabot, Vermont
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A day to celebrate the sun
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International Archaeology Day
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Big wheels on a big mountain
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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