Boxing-day Sentence Examples

The highlight being on Boxing Day with our star cabaret.

On Boxing day and New Year's Day, an old tradition is to don blackface and parade through the town singing minstrel songs.

Twelve week old crossbreed, Turkey, was abandoned in a cardboard box outside Dogs Trust Newbury on Boxing Day last year.

We have six for dinner tomorrow, including four cats but boxing day we have a houseful and many of them are vegetarians.

Hunting of the Wren It is unlucky to kill a wren on any day apart from Boxing Day.

The origin of Boxing Day has been debated by many, and there are several plausible stories to explain the reasons behind the holiday.

Though not celebrated in the United States, Boxing Day is an official holiday in many other parts of the world.

Historically, of course, Boxing Day wasn't known as a shopper's delight.

At least as far back as the Middle Ages, it was customary to give to the poor and needy on Boxing Day.

Another common thought as to the origin of Boxing Day is that, in Britain, it used to be the day that wealthy folks would bestow boxes of gifts to their servants and other household staff.

Similar to bestowing gifts to servants is the idea that Boxing Day was traditionally the day that service workers collected their Christmas bonuses.

A common misconception about Boxing Day is that it was the day that people put away their decorations and took down their trees, placing heirloom items in boxes for the following year.

These days, Boxing Day has become a day to relax after the hectic rush of Christmas, and before the festivities of New Year's Eve.

Hunting of the wren It is unlucky to kill a wren on any day apart from Boxing Day.