Routhinator@startrek.website to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoBoxing Day Status Updatestartrek.websiteimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squareRouthinator@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoBoxing day was named for being the day that everyone got rid of their boxes from Christmas. Its a holiday the day after Christmas and usually involves lots of store sales. It’s kind of like Canada’s gentler version of Black Friday.
minus-squareniktemadur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYeah, I was just playing with words, and the fact that modern boxing is based on the 19th century Queensberry style and rules.
minus-squareInfynis@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoWait, really? I thought it was the day servants got off to have their gift exchanges
minus-squareRouthinator@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoHmm, interesting. Looking it up on Wikipedia it seems the entomology of the term is a bit of a grey area. My definition is what I heard growing up, admittedly this is one of those things I never bothered to read about.
Queensberry rules?
Boxing day was named for being the day that everyone got rid of their boxes from Christmas. Its a holiday the day after Christmas and usually involves lots of store sales.
It’s kind of like Canada’s gentler version of Black Friday.
Yeah, I was just playing with words, and the fact that modern boxing is based on the 19th century Queensberry style and rules.
Wait, really? I thought it was the day servants got off to have their gift exchanges
Hmm, interesting. Looking it up on Wikipedia it seems the entomology of the term is a bit of a grey area.
My definition is what I heard growing up, admittedly this is one of those things I never bothered to read about.