Comment on Boxing Day Status Update
niktemadur@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Queensberry rules?
Boxing day was named for being the day that everyone got rid of their boxes from Christmas. Its a holiday the day after Christmas and usually involves lots of store sales.
It’s kind of like Canada’s gentler version of Black Friday.
Wait, really? I thought it was the day servants got off to have their gift exchanges
Hmm, interesting. Looking it up on Wikipedia it seems the entomology of the term is a bit of a grey area.
My definition is what I heard growing up, admittedly this is one of those things I never bothered to read about.
Yeah, I was just playing with words, and the fact that modern boxing is based on the 19th century Queensberry style and rules.
Routhinator@startrek.website 1 year ago
Boxing day was named for being the day that everyone got rid of their boxes from Christmas. Its a holiday the day after Christmas and usually involves lots of store sales.
It’s kind of like Canada’s gentler version of Black Friday.
Infynis@midwest.social 1 year ago
Wait, really? I thought it was the day servants got off to have their gift exchanges
Routhinator@startrek.website 1 year ago
Hmm, interesting. Looking it up on Wikipedia it seems the entomology of the term is a bit of a grey area.
My definition is what I heard growing up, admittedly this is one of those things I never bothered to read about.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, I was just playing with words, and the fact that modern boxing is based on the 19th century Queensberry style and rules.