Say John,
Could you clarify the origin of "Boxing day"?
Does it commemorate the re-wrapping, and returning of unwanted Christmas
gifts?
The anniversary of the Boxer rebellion?
Or the invention of Boxing by the first two Irishmen arriving in New York?
Ray
At 03:42 PM 12/26/98 -0000, jonmac wrote:
>> > We have suffered through a 37 degree (Centigrade) christmas day
>here in
>> > Melbourne (the hottest x-mas since 1952) and now the coldest
>Boxing Day
>> > (don't know if anybody else calls the day after X-mas that, but
>we
>> > Australians do!) for a similar period (11 degrees C and raining)!
>>
>> In Canada they do, maybe GB as well, I'm not sure.
>
>Here in the UK on Boxing Day, we're heading for a mega storm - rain
>and wind coming in from the Atlantic. Popular opinion is it's North
>American flatulence from having overeaten yesterday
>
>John Mac
>
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