Boxing Day Status Update

So much food.

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ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y

niktemadur@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Queensberry rules?

Routhinator@startrek.website · 8 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Boxing day was named for being the day that everyone got rid of their boxes from Christmas. Its a holiday the day after Christmas and usually involves lots of store sales.

It's kind of like Canada's gentler version of Black Friday.

Infynis@midwest.social · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Wait, really? I thought it was the day servants got off to have their gift exchanges

Routhinator@startrek.website · 3 pts · 1y

Hmm, interesting. Looking it up on Wikipedia it seems the entomology of the term is a bit of a grey area.

My definition is what I heard growing up, admittedly this is one of those things I never bothered to read about.

niktemadur@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Yeah, I was just playing with words, and the fact that modern boxing is based on the 19th century Queensberry style and rules.

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
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