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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Veterans Day
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A young bull moose in Denali National Park, Alaska
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Night of the ‘Cold Moon’
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Penguin Awareness Day
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This grizzly has Napping Day down
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Pretty in pink, and purple, and red…
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It s World Bee Day
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Happy World Laughter Day
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Okavango Delta, Botswana
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World Laughter Day
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Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Dunes at White Sands National Park, New Mexico
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Gamboa Crater, Mars
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What s cuter than nuzzling rhinos?
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International Day for Monuments and Sites
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Old Fortress, Corfu, Greece
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Andean cocks-of-the-rock, Ecuador
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National Mushroom Month
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Castle Stalker, Argyll, Scotland
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Bridges to the past
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A legend and a legendary home
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Manatee Awareness Month
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Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Australia
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Life goes on at the Beatles Ashram
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Christmas Bird Count turns 125
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Reflections on the mighty Amazon
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Yi Peng lantern festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Humming along
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‘The memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever’
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Gaztelugatxe at sunset, Basque Country, Spain
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