Boxing Day takes place the day after Christmas - but where does it get its name from? In the UK, it's been a bank holiday since 1871 and is still one today.
In fact, it's so important that if it falls on a Saturday, it's moved to the following Monday - similarly, because it falls on a Sunday this year, we get an extra bank holiday on the following Tuesday.
Despite the name, Boxing Day has nothing to do with fighting in a ring or even boxes themselves, at least nowadays. To understand where the holiday got its name from, we must first understand where the holiday originated. READ MORE:CCTV shows Father Christmas being 'abducted' as church issues plea While nowadays the day is more synonymous with shopping and post-Christmas discounts, it was
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