A Brief History
On December 26, 2022, the British world, including Canada, celebrate Boxing Day, a holiday historically when well off people would give gifts to their servants, lower working class, and poor people. The day after Christmas is good for some other things, too, especially resting after all the hubbub of Christmas Eve and Christmas.
Digging Deeper
Here are some notable events related to December 26th:
1776: American forces, led by George Washington after his famous crossing of the Delaware River, won the Battle of Trenton.
1898: Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of Radium.
1919: Babe Ruth was sold by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees, a good or a bad thing depending on geography!
1963: Beatlemania began when the Beatles released a pair of monster hits in the US.
1966: The first Kwanzaa was celebrated in California.
1991: The Soviet Union was officially dissolved by the Supreme Soviet, ending the Cold War.
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Goodwin, Letecia. The Day After Christmas: Boxing Day in Canada. Independently published, 2019.
Hanford, Summer. Boxing Day: A Children’s Picture Book. Independently published, 2022.
The featured image in this article, Boxing Day for dancers, is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason: The author died in 1850, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author’s life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1927.
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