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Do Americans not know what Boxing Day is?

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Originally it was like a second, ghetto Christmas for the grunts who had to work on Christmas. Like all holidays, it has significantly changed meaning since then.
 
I'm not even sure what Boxing day realy means or is.

All i realy know about it is from M.A.S.H. , where Charles Emerson Winchester describes it as a day where the master becomes the servant....

Something like that...
 
It's the day Canadians give thanks and praise to Balrog!

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Jasoco said:
I've heard of Boxing Day.

When I first heard about it, I thought it was about boxing. Then I thought it was about boxing. At some point I even thought it might have something to do with boxers. But this kind, not that other kind.

So basically it's just another shopping holiday?
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basically every store slashes it's prices in half
and people go crazy and spend all of the money they got in cards and shit from christmas

the TV advertisements are basically ALL about boxing day/ january sales
i've seen about 500 fucking Sofa sale adverts since yesterday -_-
 
pizzaguysrevenge said:
Why complain about Americans when the fucking Irish who are right next to you know nothing about it?
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The Irish do observe it, only as St. Stephen's Day. But I've not come across an Irishman yet who doesn't call it Boxing Day.

Hell, you guys are the only ones in Europe - Yes, you are in Europe - who aren't grey in that map.
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No, because Cyprus and Malta are there.[/pedant]
 
Poor St. Stephen, relegated to nothing more than a discount day with all meaning stripped from the feast.

So much for the second day of Christmas.
 
I love Boxing Day. My family always have a tradition:

Xmas Eve we get together my mother's side of the family, and trade gifts between ourselves and eat BBQ'd food. Xmas day is just for us, but occasionally we again have a lunch or dinner with my mother's side. We normally do this if we don't trade gifts on Xmas Eve.

Boxing day is where my father's side comes over to our house, and again we have a BBQ and beers. Normally at lunch, and normally revolving around playing backyard cricket.

... of course in Australia we don't celebrate Turkey Day or Steal Candy From The Neighbours Day, which is a bit of a shame.
 
it often shows up on calendars sold in the us. when i was a kid i'd see something like 'boxing day (canada)' on the 26th, and yeah, i assumed it had something to do with canadians putting on padded gloves and punching one another
 
Here in the uk(according to my mother) boxing day is the day of opening your gifts.

The queen still does this............

To the masses it's just a mad sale day at the shops.
 
pizzaguysrevenge said:
Hell, you guys are the only ones in Europe
Yes, you are in Europe
who aren't grey in that map.
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:lol

I loved that you did that, some of my more nationalistic countrymen forget that on top of their passports it says EU first.
 
I only know about Boxing Day because Bob & Doug McKenzie told me it was one of the 12 days of Christmas. You hosers.
 
Yesterday I was listening to a radio programme about cinemas and movies, and the american guy mentioned that in the US you dont have a boxing day, it's just a normal day. Apparently your cinemas are open on christmas day, and a lot of new movies (for kids and oscar noms) open on christmas day there - ie. because you only have christmas day as the "holiday" you like to cram as much into it as you can. Here in UK pretty much everything is closed on christmas day except churches.

Traditionally boxing day was when the rich gentlefolk would divide up any excess whatevers from the farmland/mansion, any unneeded left over stuff built up through the year, and other provisions for their staff to take home as gifts, ie. 'boxing' them up for the staff to take home.
 
Pretty the only reason I knew of it is because it's on calendars. And since it's always listed as "Boxing Day (Canada)," I assumed it was just a Canada thing.
 
cashman said:
what do you even do on boxing day besides the sales?
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Put your gifts back in their boxes, take them back to the store and exchange them for something you actually want. And/Or actually fits.
 
I know about Boxing Day because I work with retail vendors. Other than that, you really don't see any mentions of it from the consumer side of things.
 
kojacker said:
Yesterday I was listening to a radio programme about cinemas and movies, and the american guy mentioned that in the US you dont have a boxing day, it's just a normal day. Apparently your cinemas are open on christmas day, and a lot of new movies (for kids and oscar noms) open on christmas day there - ie. because you only have christmas day as the "holiday" you like to cram as much into it as you can. Here in UK pretty much everything is closed on christmas day except churches.

Traditionally boxing day was when the rich gentlefolk would divide up any excess whatevers from the farmland/mansion, any unneeded left over stuff built up through the year, and other provisions for their staff to take home as gifts, ie. 'boxing' them up for the staff to take home.
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We have Jews in America lol.
 
It's on our calendars and we make fun of it. Having an official name for a retail holiday is beyond retarded. I will fucking RETURN a calendar if they marked Black Friday on it. Boxing Day should not be any different.
 
koam said:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Where-to-Find-the-Absolute-usnews-13903988.html

I saw this on Yahoo's homepage. They make it sounds like it's absolutely abnormal for companies to have sales on the 26th. HELLO, it's called boxing day Yahoo and it's existed for years in these countries:
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Yes, Boxing Day is a centuries old cultural tradition native to those countries around the globe. I wonder what historical events link these countries together...hmm...
 
avaya said:
I loved that you did that, some of my more nationalistic countrymen forget that on top of their passports it says EU first.
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England isn't Europe they speak English there.

I have awesome metrics for evaluating who and who isn't European, don't I?
 
The worst part about Boxing Day is that there are way fewer good deals compared to the US Black Friday. But if you're going to buy a camera, TV, laptop, etc, it is the time to get it.
 
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