What does Boxing Day mean?

[Tatia]

Hubby reckons it alms boxes for the poor?

[jellytot]

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch...boxingday.html

this tells abit about it, lots of variations

[Rubybubbles]

Hubby reckons it alms boxes for the poor?

yes, thats what I know it as, and boxing day is not unitl Tomorrow either this year

[Pipsqueak]

I have the same understanding as your hubs - the opening of the poor boxes to share with the poor. It was also traditionally a day of for the servants and they would be given a christmas box by their employers.

[sonia ann]

I have the same understanding as your hubs - the opening of the poor boxes to share with the poor. It was also traditionally a day off for the servants and they would be given a christmas box by their employers.

This was how I understood it

[Playmate]

I think this is the real reason.
To me Boxing day means left overs um um