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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Schönbrunn Palace Park, Vienna, Austria
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Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
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India Republic Day
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Life in the slow lane
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Travel Sunday: Sintra, Portugal
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Welcome to ‘Hollywood North’
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Avatars of the Wolf Moon
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Storks ready for takeoff
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Hitsujiyama Park, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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Balloons and camels are two ways to catch a ride here
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We re gonna need a bigger birdhouse
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Stepping into autumn
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National Mushroom Month
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Día de los Muertos celebrations in Mexico
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Guanahacabibes National Park, Cuba
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Clouds over the River of Grass
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Tulips, Netherlands
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Via Krupp, Capri, Italy
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Happy Father s Day
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Halfway Day
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Let s ride! It s Roller Coaster Day
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Trunks stick together
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Wedded Rocks, Japan
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International Literacy Day
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In search of a ‘great’ pumpkin
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International Day of the Snow Leopard
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A swim in the sky
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A visionary artist paints his own garden view
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Blackbird in Essex, England
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Lake Peipus, Estonia
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