Gotta work tonight, so I'll say it now, 'cause it's gone all dark and chilly!

:santa: :santa2: :rednose: :snowman3:

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

:cheers:

Merry Christmas to you too!:snowman: :stocking: :santa: peace:

Feliz Navidad! :tree: present: :cc:

That is beautiful Bekah! Thanks:wave:

Welcome! ;)

Merry Christmas! :santa:

Originally posted by crazyredhead
Feliz Navidad! :tree: present: :cc:

That's gotta be the coolest Christmas image we could have in these parts, ¡Muchimas, Gracias y Feliz Navidad a usted y su família!

Originally posted by PracTz
That's gotta be the coolest Christmas image we could have in these parts, ¡Muchimas, Gracias y Feliz Navidad a usted y su família!

I meant 'muchísimas gracias'!

Merry Christmas everybody! Happy New Year!:)

Merry Christmas!! :)

Happy Holidays to every on of you, health and happiness in the New Year too!

Hey Splain, do you get Boxing Day off too?:lol:

Boxing day sure is an appropriate name, you box the OTHER customers in all the stores hoping to score some bargains! They hire guards,a nd some people wait for hours in line to get something half off or better, some things are unbelievable but there are so few of them that people push and shove their way to bargains, as depicted many times on Lucy shows over the years. LOL!

There were stories on the news about people being in queues from 3am on Boxing Day morning for the sales! What's wrong with these people?! What can be worth that?! I made it into the HMV sale today (CDs and DVDs, so it was worth having a look!) but I got out pretty damn quick. Half the population of Southern England appeared to be congregated around the paying counter, and the other half were elbowing each other around the aisles! Insane.

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So why do they call it boxing day?

Because they used to open the alms boxes in the churches on the day after Christmas.

Alms? I heard in the old days, rich people used to give money and gifts to their workers the day after Christmas, any truth to that?

Almost certainly. Landowners and gentry and such like would have given things to their servants I'd assume. Boxing Day probably then became a holiday because the servants would have had to work on Christmas Day to serve the meals and so forth, so they'd have had Boxing Day off whilst the family was recovering ;). Combine the two things and you've got a fairly important day on the calendar, I guess.



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Thanks for the explanation Mickey.:)

Yes Mickey, thank you, here in Canada, it's just a day to get bargains in stores with huge mobs and all, certainly not a way to recuperate after Christmas.