Saturday, December 24, 2011

Boxing Day

                                                                       The Boxing Day
In Britain, Boxing Day is usually celebrated on the followen day after Christmas Day, which is twenty six December. However, Boxing Day is the first weekday after ChristmasLike Chrstmas Day, Boxing Day is a public holiday. This means it is typically a non working  day in the whole of Britain. When Boxing Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday the following Monday is the public holiday. The Christmas box was a wooden or clay container where people placed gifts.  Traditionally 26 of December was the day when people opened their Christmas boxes to share the contents with the poor.
                                                The history of Boxing Day
Christmas boxes were used in different ways:
-To protect ships
-To help the poor
-A present fot the workers

-And the tradition still cntinues today...                                              By: Jaime, Lola,Diego V. and Moisés.