tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636098126419169338.post5207830694830796979..comments2023-10-04T10:38:43.390+00:00Comments on Stephen Cobb's Personal Blog: Boxing Day: The play time holiday (that comes with a touch of giving)Stephen Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204736531276318817noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636098126419169338.post-77925051654027356342013-04-26T17:21:16.000+00:002013-04-26T17:21:16.000+00:00In some commonwealth countries, Boxing Day is wide...In some commonwealth countries, Boxing Day is widely known as a holiday given for one or two days after Christmas. A few countries named the Boxing Day differently, for example, Ireland call it as St. Stephen’s Day while South Africa once called it as Day of the Goodwill before called it back as the Boxing Day in 1994. Nobody really knows why the holiday after Christmas Day was called as the Boxing Day, though some guessed that the names was derived from the folk etymology that ‘boxing’ has something to do with the sport. That’s why, some people celebrate Boxing Day by holding some kind of sports events.Diana O. Gaineshttp://decor.blogbox.be/noreply@blogger.com