We’re in London’s West End for Boxing Day, a holiday that originated in the UK. It’s said the event takes its name from the historic practice of employers giving their servants and tradespeople boxes of gifts on the day after Christmas (since the servants had to work on Christmas Day). These days, the holiday shopping deals rival those on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, particularly in the UK, Australia, and Canada, but increasingly in other countries as well. Are you celebrating Boxing Day?
Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
Today in History
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World Migratory Bird Day
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Keyholes to the kingdom
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National Park Service anniversary
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Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
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Let’s go mothing
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Paleontology meets art
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Breckenridge, Colorado
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Moody skies over Valletta
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Aerial view of a heart-shaped field in Trittau, Germany
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Venice s grand regatta
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A fortress in the sky
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Friendship Day in the City of Brotherly Love
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The moai you know
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Anniversary of Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
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Bird s-eye view on World Environment Day
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Back on the rise
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You won’t see this on Mulberry Street
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Ski touring in Austria
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Yungang Grottoes, Shanxi, China
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A Bengal tiger in Ranthambore National Park, India
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Leap day
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Everglades National Park, Florida
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Galeries Lafayette, Paris
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A field of English lavender
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Quebec City for Winter Carnival
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New Year s Day
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It’s Giving Tuesday
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National Audubon Society s Christmas Bird Count
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It s not always sunny in Abu Simbel…
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