To: | EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu, mgs@autox.team.net |
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Subject: | Re: Boxing Day |
From: | Paul Hunt <on76@dial.pipex.com> |
Date: | Wed, 01 Jan 97 15:16:03 GMT |
>Boxing Day, Dec. 26, originated in England and was the day when >better off families placed left over food from their Christmas >feasts in boxes and distributed them to needy poor people. I always thought it was because families started fighting on the second day of being cooped up together with no work or shops to go to. Happy New Year PaulH 73 Roadster (HD&H) 75 V8 (DD) |
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