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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Happy Holi!
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World Numbat Day
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World Wildlife Day
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Engineering an artificial harbor in Normandy
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Look before you leap
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Fibonacci Day
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International Literacy Day
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An Alpine fairy-tale castle
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Get the bear facts
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Tall, taller, tallest
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Embracing the cold
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A swim in the sky
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A midsummer twilight s dream
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The Vestibule at Diocletian s Palace, Split, Croatia
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A splash by the sea
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It s Independence Day
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Polar Bear Week
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Mysterious prairie mounds abound
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Seasonal lights dazzle in Japan
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The Wave at Coyote Buttes
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It s time to fall back
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Sweet! It’s maple syrup season
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World Wildlife Day
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Gaztelugatxe at sunset, Basque Country, Spain
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National Hummingbird Day
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International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
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A truly American monument
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Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia
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Waiānapanapa State Park, Maui, Hawaii
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