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BOXING DAY

Boxing Day is the day following Christmas day. It has long been a holiday in England, and is so named from the custom of bestowing Christmas-boxes which arose in the early days of the church, when boxes were placed in the churches for the reception of offerings. These boxes were opened on Christmas day, and their contents distributed by the priests on the next day, (boxing day).
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