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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1.1 billion opportunities for a better world
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National Bird Day
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Glacial spires in the fog
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Sounds of Bach come to Bath
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Green sea turtle on World Oceans Day
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Happy Welsh New Year!
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To Roswell, and beyond!
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A leafy seadragon in the waters off Wool Bay, Australia
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The ruins of Italica, Andalusia, Spain
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In the Red Sea for World Dolphin Day
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The Spirit of Harlem by Louis Delsarte
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Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary
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Commemorating peace in Antarctica
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Sequential images of a total solar eclipse
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Just another day in paradise
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Pretty poetic for a pit
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Mother s Day
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A theatrical dream
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A valley view at 9,000 feet
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Craig Goch Dam in the Elan Valley of Wales
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Provence blooms with lavender at Sénanque Abbey
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Santo Antão Island in the Republic of Cabo Verde
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Berlin Festival of Lights
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The artists come to Venice
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New Year s Day
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A hero for the 21st century
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Giant kelp in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
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The persistence of Perito Moreno
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Celebrating the International Day of Forests
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The birth of Bauhaus
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