Happy Boxing Day

[Ken B]

Or is it Merry Boxing Day?

I have never got an straight answer out of all of the Canadians I have asked about this holiday. The three closest answers that I got were:

1. It is the day you box up all of the presents you received and do not like for return to the store or to be stored until next year and passed on to
someone else.

2. We wanted an excuse to make Christmas a 2 day holiday.

3. It is the servant's day off. Are all Canadians and Aussies servants? Servants to who or what?

Oh well, I think I'll never figure this one out so "Happy or Merry Boxing Day".
--
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana

 

[dave king]

One of the more comprehensive explanations
http://www.pauldenton.co.uk/Boxingday.htm

HAPPY BOXING DAY
--
DAVE KING
lurker, wannabe
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

[Nick Chapekis]

> Or is it Merry Boxing Day?
>
> I have never gotten straight answer out of all of the Canadians I have asked about this holiday.

Shoot, all this time I thought it was "Bach Sing Day". I've been running around humming Toccata and Fugue in D Minor all afternoon.
--
Nick Chapekis
Ypsilanti, MI
78 Kingsley

 

[d c *mac* macdonald]

Can I legitimately say "classical?"

D C "Mac" Macdonald
Amateur Radio K2GKK
Since 30 November '53
USAF and FAA, Retired
Member GMCMI & Classics
Oklahoma City, OK
"The Money Pit"
TZE166V101966
'76 ex-Palm Beach
k2gkk + hotmail dot com

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From: Gmclist on behalf of Nick Chapekis
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2017 13:57
To: gmclist
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Happy Boxing Day

> Or is it Merry Boxing Day?
>
> I have never gotten straight answer out of all of the Canadians I have asked about this holiday.

Shoot, all this time I thought it was "Bach Sing Day". I've been running around humming Toccata and Fugue in D Minor all afternoon.
--
Nick Chapekis
Ypsilanti, MI
78 Kingsley

 

[Nick Chapekis]

> Can I legitimately say "classical?"

Well, I was really going for baroque.
--
Nick Chapekis
Ypsilanti, MI
78 Kingsley