Boxing Day 2024: Origins, traditions, and the spirit of giving you should know
Boxing Day, celebrated on December 26, began as a charitable tradition and is now known for big sales and discounts. It’s also a day for family, relaxation, and sports, with football in the UK and hockey in Canada being popular.
What is Boxing Day? What to know about traditions, origins and where it's celebrated
Originally a day for the wealthy to give gifts to the poor, Boxing Day is now well-celebrated holiday in several parts of the world.
‘Extreme’: Brutal weather for Christmas, Boxing days
Adelaide could hit 37C on Christmas Day, Melbourne 40C on Boxing Day and parts of Sydney hotter than even that later in the week.
Why is the day after Christmas called Boxing Day?
Boxing Day is celebrated in the U.K. on Dec. 26, the day after Christmas. Despite the name, the holiday has nothing to do with the sport of boxing or returning boxes or presents.
Heightened fire risk for Christmas and Boxing days in South Australia
A gusty change on Boxing Day will keep firefighters on "high alert" in South Australia as Adelaide faces the hottest Christmas Day for eight years.
Why do they call it Boxing Day? How Victorians invented the Christmas holiday
This is where Boxing Day gets its name from - find out when it was first made a bank holiday in the UK, who celebrates it and why America don't.
The shops closed on Boxing Day 2024 including Next, Aldi and Home Bargains
Despite the start of the sales, B&Q will close its 300-plus branches on Boxing Day. The vast majority of B&Q's stores will ...
What's Christmas like for a player?
For me, wherever I played, I'd always see where the first game was, where the last game was, and where we were at Christmas.
Christmas and Boxing day supermarket opening times 2024 for Tesco, Asda, Aldi, Sainsbury’s and others
Whether you’re on the hunt for last-minute Christmas Day essentials or looking to stock up on extra supplies to see you ...
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What’s open and closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in Ontario, plus a reminder to check for altered garbage pickup
Convenience stores, where you might grab some alcoholic beverages if you forgot to plan ahead ...
Noise warning for Christmas Day bridge demolition
Work to remove a bridge that once carried traffic on the A1 will be "particularly noisy" over Christmas Day and Boxing Day, ...
When is Christmas football streaming on Netflix? More importantly, will the video freeze?
Netflix struggled to handle an influx of traffic during November's boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. That has ...
NFL on Netflix: Christmas Day games are a 1st for streaming giant
Netflix will have one of its biggest days since the site launched in 1998 when it carries two NFL games for the first time on Christmas ...