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BaronVonPickleF
from United States on 2002-07-03 04:42 [#00294301]
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CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME ?????THE BARON HAS SPOKEN!!!!!!
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2002-07-03 04:43 [#00294303]
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it's the day after christmas - so called because, um...well, you see it's like this....*scratch* lemme get back to you ok?
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2002-07-03 04:44 [#00294304]
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"the term may come from the opening of church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters' clients."
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Smyrma
from Beloit, WI (United States) on 2002-07-03 04:49 [#00294308]
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It's my birthday, that's reason enough to celebrate I think.
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roygbivcore
from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2002-07-10 14:36 [#00304411]
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there's also an austrailia day
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phiz
from Liverpool (United Kingdom) on 2002-07-10 14:41 [#00304416]
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its when you chuck out all the empty boxes from the day before
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-07-10 14:41 [#00304417]
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It's a victorian thing, they believed that christmas day itself should be reserved for going to church, boxing day was the day you actually opened boxes (presents).
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roygbivcore
from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2002-07-10 14:43 [#00304419]
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me and my friends took pictures celebrating austrailia day. i put a metal bowl on my head and robbed my friend with some bananas. i stole his orange. then i shot him.
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ecnadniarb
on 2002-07-10 15:14 [#00304440]
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Boxing day began in the middle ages where church boxes where opened and the money distributed to the poor. Then in the 19th century it was revived along with the idea of the Lords and Ladies presenting their servents with boxes of left over food as a thankyou for their work over the festive period.
From this comes the slang "to box someone off" which basically means you will ensure that person gets what he/she deserves.
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Dick_007
from Portland (Australia) on 2002-07-10 15:25 [#00304446]
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Hey I am Australian and i can say that only the preasent days matter
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princo
from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2002-07-10 15:27 [#00304448]
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Australia day?!
my birthday is on Australia day!!!!!
*cough* Jan 26th *cough*
thank you.
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wizards teeth
from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2002-07-10 15:54 [#00304473]
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It dates back to the Bronze Age.
The people of this time respected the lesbian. On Christmas night all straight people (young and old) + gay men consumed cubes of bronze. After consumption they slept for over 24 hours. Therefore on the 26th of December only lesbians were awake.
This practice allowed the lesbians to roam the land and eat eachother's "boxes" all day. Hence boxing day.
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