Friday, 19 March 2021

BOXING DAY

 

Over the Christmas season alms boxes are placed in churches to collect for the poor and these are what are opened on Boxing Day the day after Christmas day.

The contents of the boxes are then handed out to the poor of the parish on December 26th, Boxing Day, also known as the Feast of St Stephen.

Stephen was a Christian martyr who was stoned to death for being a follower of Christ's shortly after his crucifixion.

Boxing Day is celebrated in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada and it has become a public holiday in the last century.

This has been a godsend to many families by having Christmas Day and Boxing Day as holidays this allowed them the time to travel to visit family members and celebrate with them.

It made it much easier for people to get together with those who were important to them.

It is perhaps better known today as a day of outdoor sports and horse racing and hunting rather than for any religious significance.

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