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