A modern tradition for this day is a cold swim in a nearby stretch of water! For the more sensible it is a day demanding a long, bracing walk in the cold, to burn off the calories of Christmas Day. This gives room for the feasting on Boxing Day, which is often of food left from the previous day.
A modern tradition for this day is a cold swim in a nearby stretch of water! For the more sensible it is a day demanding a long, bracing walk in the cold, to burn off the calories of Christmas Day. This gives room for the feasting on Boxing Day, which is often of food left from the previous day.
Boxing Day is a British tradition from around 1800. At that time gifts were given in boxes and not wrapped. On the day after Christmas those people with servants would put gifts for their servants into their emptied boxes and then give the servants the rest of the day off. Those without servants, but with a little money would give their filled boxes to the poor nearby or to the Church, for distribution.