Yes and speaking for the Canadian cousins as I am one.......The dividing line for East and West still is being debated and probably will be debated until the earth dies. Eternity? Boxing day started out as the day where when travelling was done. That everything for the family visited was packed into on Box, So if you visited Five families be relatives or the poor you carried five boxes full of food and toys. At least that is what I got from stories from my Grandmother. It was the day for charity work. vicky Ron Myers wrote: > > Boxing Day in Canada: (Cont.) > > I forgot to mention that Canadian "Boxing Day" is the day after Christmas, > December 26th, and is an official, legal Canadian holiday. I understand, if I > remember correctly, it (Boxing Day) was originally for finalizing Christmastime, > boxing gifts, storing and cleaning things up, etc. However, a close Canadian > friend and former co-worker who lives in Edmonton, Alberta, told me he remembers > it as having evolved into a large shopping spree day where people went to stores > and bought various "boxes" of things at greatly reduced, after-Christmas prices, > like here in the states. (Side note: Western Canada and Eastern Canada are > somewhat different culturally, Western Canada being more progressive in many > ways, but more politically conservative; whereas, Eastern Canada being more > old-time traditional, albeit more liberal politically.) > > Ron Myers > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > To post messages to the Bower discussion list, send them to > BOWER-L@rootsweb.com