Boxing Day is December 26th, the day after Christmas. It is more celebrated in the UK and Canada than in the U.S. In the old days, servants had to work on Christmas, but they got the next day off, and their employer gave them a box with gifts and a bonus. It is also the feast day of St. Stephen (which good King Wencelas celebrated).
Boxing Day is also a traditional day for fox hunting with horses and hounds, and for protests of the hunt.
Loreena McKennitt and many others\ Good King Wencelas Misty River\ Don't Take Down the Mistletoe\ Songs of Christmas\ Self Loudon Wainwright III/ Cardboard Boxes/ I'm Alright Malvina Reynolds / Little Boxes Elvis Costello/ TKO (Boxing Day)/ Punch the Clock David Byrne/ Back in the Box/ David Byrne Darin Murphy/ Boxing Day (I Belong With You)/ Haunted Gardenias ROY BAILEY - Boxing Day - Never Leave a Story Unsung [Fuse Records] Scartaglen - Last Night's Fun - Day After Christmas - City Spark [fox hunting] Nickel Creek: The Fox Tony Trishka: Fox on the Run Henry Whitter: Fox Chase Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer: Go Tell The Fox
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