@Routhinator@startrek.website to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoBoxing Day Status Updatestartrek.websiteimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down14file-text
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minus-square@Routhinator@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkEnglish8•4 months agoBoxing day was named for being the day that everyone got rid of their boxes from Christmas. Its a holiday the day after Christmas and usually involves lots of store sales. It’s kind of like Canada’s gentler version of Black Friday.
minus-square@Infynis@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoWait, really? I thought it was the day servants got off to have their gift exchanges
minus-square@Routhinator@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months agoHmm, interesting. Looking it up on Wikipedia it seems the entomology of the term is a bit of a grey area. My definition is what I heard growing up, admittedly this is one of those things I never bothered to read about.
minus-square@niktemadur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•4 months agoYeah, I was just playing with words, and the fact that modern boxing is based on the 19th century Queensberry style and rules.
Boxing day was named for being the day that everyone got rid of their boxes from Christmas. Its a holiday the day after Christmas and usually involves lots of store sales.
It’s kind of like Canada’s gentler version of Black Friday.
Wait, really? I thought it was the day servants got off to have their gift exchanges
Hmm, interesting. Looking it up on Wikipedia it seems the entomology of the term is a bit of a grey area.
My definition is what I heard growing up, admittedly this is one of those things I never bothered to read about.
Yeah, I was just playing with words, and the fact that modern boxing is based on the 19th century Queensberry style and rules.