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What does the 'boxing day' mean?



 
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What does the 'boxing day' mean? #1 (permalink) Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:22 am   What does the 'boxing day' mean?
 

I recently heard one of the anchors of World Have Your Say program saying, "It is a boxing day here in UK."

What does the 'boxing day' mean?

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Boxing day #2 (permalink) Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:01 am   Boxing day
 

Wikipedia knows all:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day
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