Teaching cultural elements to Greek students, about English celebrations.

1. Boxing Day
Πηνελόπη Πανουτσάκου

2. What is this special
day???

3. ...is it a day with...‘boxes’?

4. ...is it a day with... ‘boxing’?

5. ...or is it something different?

6. Boxing Day,is on the 26th of December and
it is a bank holiday!

7. Arguments abound on the origins of the name Boxing Day, all of the answers here are
relevant, so maybe it is all of them.
● A ‘Christmas Box’ in Britain is a name for a Christmas present.
● Boxing Day was a day off for servants and when they received a ‘Christmas Box’
from the master. The servants would also go home to give ‘Christmas Boxes’ to
their families.
● A box to collect money for the poor was placed in Churches on Christmas day
then opened the next day.
● Great sailing ships when setting sail would have a sealed box containing money
on board for good luck.If the voyage were a success the box was given to a priest,
opened at Christmas and the contents given to the poor.
Why is it Called Boxing Day?

8. for more information go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day
http://britishfood.about.
com/od/christmas/p/boxingday.htm
or watch the following video: