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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Great gray owls in their nest, Finland
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Poppies in bloom
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Venice Skatepark, Los Angeles, California
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Pascua Florida Day
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Stepping stones in Tollymore Forest Park, Northern Ireland
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The Crown of the Continent
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It s a ruff life
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Bản Giốc–Detian Falls, Vietnam
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Southern right whales sail home to South Africa
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Seattle Central Library, Seattle, Washington
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Rocky mountain pi
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It s Bermuda s big day
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The tortoise and the finch
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Digging the birds
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Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
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Pretty poetic for a pit
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Pi Day
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Dalyan, Turkey
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Drop in on International Surfing Day
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On the hunt
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What s cuter than nuzzling rhinos?
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In the Himalayas for International Mountain Day
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Marine Day, Japan
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World Theater Day
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Spotted owlet, Bangkok, Thailand
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A little bit of Wonderland in New York City
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World Laughter Day
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Super sandy Sweet 16
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In praise of the old…the very old
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Under Parisian skies
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