it's a UK thing AFAIK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day
"The Oxford English Dictionary gives the earliest attestations from Britain in the 1830s, defining it as "the first weekday after Christmas day, observed as a holiday on which postmen, errand boys, and servants of various kinds expect to receive a Christmas box"
I remember giving the bin men what was known as a Christmas box, and it probably dated back to include other service trades
it's a UK thing AFAIK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day
*"The Oxford English Dictionary gives the earliest attestations from Britain in the 1830s, defining it as "the first weekday after Christmas day, observed as a holiday on which postmen, errand boys, and servants of various kinds expect to receive a Christmas box"*
I remember giving the bin men what was known as a Christmas box,
and it probably dated back to include other service trades
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