posted on December 26, 2005 08:46:40 AM new"Bah! Humbox!"
"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you." —George W. Bush, Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005
posted on December 26, 2005 05:15:36 PM new
Interesting holiday...
Dates all the way back to 1342 and Queen Sophie "The Saxon Sad-Sack" and her "unusual" habit of "boxing" the ears of her sexiest courtiers...OH! Those wild & crazy Brits!
Any news about poor little Toga yet??
"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you." —George W. Bush, Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005
posted on December 26, 2005 06:02:20 PM new
Sorry Tom, I am English, this is the origin of Boxing Day.
The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day. The term may come from the opening of church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters' clients.
Nowadays, we often see, in certain families, gifts (boxes) given to those who provide services throughout the year.
We always called Christmas gifts, Christmas boxes. Also, the day after Christmas was the day in which the gentry in large houses gave Christmas boxes to their staff.
posted on December 26, 2005 06:30:51 PM new"nevermind..." ~ Miss Emily Latella
"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you." —George W. Bush, Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005
