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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To Roswell, and beyond!
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The ‘Night of Nights’
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Southern lights for Antarctica Day
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Indian Independence Day
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Computer science on the page
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‘Ocian in view! O! The joy.’
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Sequential images of a total solar eclipse
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Siblings Day
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Splendid leaf frog
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Chinese New Year
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Does it swim in slow motion too?
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World Wildlife Conservation Day
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Sitting down and taking a stand
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Fall comes to Pando
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The crossroads of empires
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The Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic
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National Lighthouse Day
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Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, Germany
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Black History Month
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Acadia transformed
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An opulent backdrop for a historic event
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Beware the Ides of March
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International Day for Biosphere Reserves
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The Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve in Siberia, Russia
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Martinique
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Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
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Aloe in bloom
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Its Halfway Day!
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Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument anniversary
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A theatrical dream
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