Happy Boxing Day, everybody! If you're an ignorant American like me, you might've looked at the calendar on December 26th with confusion, wondering, "What the heck is Boxing Day?" The only holiday I knew of that was consistently on December 26th was Kwanza because that's a holiday that was founded right here in the U S of A. For those of you who are ignorant of Boxing Day, it is a Bank Holiday (aka a National Holiday) that is celebrated in Commonwealth countries across the world! It is also celebrated as Saint Stephen's Day in certain parts of Europe. According to the Oxford English Dictionary in 1743:
Isn't that swell? Unfortunately, I couldn't find many memes about Boxing Day itself, so please enjoy some boxing memes about the sport instead.
"Traditionally on this day tradespeople, employees, etc., would receive presents or gratuities (a "Christmas box") from their customers or employers."
Isn't that swell? Unfortunately, I couldn't find many memes about Boxing Day itself, so please enjoy some boxing memes about the sport instead.