Friday, December 26, 2008

Boxing Day

Merry Christmas once again. I hope you all enjoyed Christmas day. I certainly did. I was with my family and we had a lovely dinner and gave each other presents and had a great time.
Today is Boxing Day, also known as Saint Stephen's Day.

So where did the name Boxing Day come from.?
Choose which answer you think is correct and post your answer in the comments. I will let you know who gets the answer right.


Why is today also known as Boxing Day?

a) It is a day when we collect all the empty present boxes and put them in the bin.
b) It is a day we make boxes.
c) It is a day when we go to watch a boxing match.
d) It was a day when people would open the Christmas Box which was used to collect money for the poor. The money would then be given to the poor.

If you need help you can always check this site for a clue.

Happy Boxing Day.

Well done Maria H on working it out :) I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

hello, I am also having a great christmas.I think it is answer d or e but I think the most probable answer is d because who would be talking about boxing in the middle of christmas.

have a nice christmas everyone,
from Maria H

Anonymous said...

I think that the answer is D
Carlos Trujillo

Anonymous said...

I think it's d because since it's near christmas and chritmas is about giving.
Alice