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Happy Boxing Day! (Original Post) RandySF Dec 2022 OP
Happy Boxing Day to All! SheltieLover Dec 2022 #1
No wonder the kitty cats are duking it out! GreenWave Dec 2022 #2
My father recalled his great-aunts cyclonefence Dec 2022 #3
How is this holiday used today? stollen Dec 2022 #4
I don't know about others. RandySF Dec 2022 #5

cyclonefence

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3. My father recalled his great-aunts
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Mon Dec 26, 2022, 03:17 PM
Dec 2022

coming to his house on the 26th with cries of "Christmas gift! Christmas gift!" These were southern ladies, and I think their cries are related to Boxing Day.

On Boxing Day in England, wealthy families gave boxes of gifts and money to the servants. I suspect that on the same day, the tradition carried over, and Southerners gave similar gifts to servants, enslaved or free, and these ladies were trying to be funny, mocking the lower class demand for their traditional gifts.

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RandySF

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5. I don't know about others.
Reply to stollen (Reply #4)
Mon Dec 26, 2022, 06:26 PM
Dec 2022

But I watch English Premier League soccer, took my dad to dinner and chilled.

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