Comments on: Home Teaching, December 2006

By: Steve Evans

Steve Evans — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 18:44:33 +0000

Yeah Julie, that’s urban myth — but then, most of Boxing Day is urban myth. Personally I think it was just a way to stop calling it St. Stephens Day.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:24:30 +0000

Julie – that’s one of the theories. Another is that’s when the priests opened the alms boxes and distributed them to the poor.

I’ve also heard the theory that’s when masters would give their servants boxes with leftover food/stuff they didn’t need anymore to take home with them – servants worked on Christmas day but got the day after off.

By: Extreme Dorito

Extreme Dorito — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:38:53 +0000

No, no, Julie, not at all. It is called Boxing Day because it is the day when everyone fights over gifts they do not want to share.

By: Julie M. Smith

Julie M. Smith — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 15:51:17 +0000

I thought the idea behind Boxing Day is that you ‘boxed’ up all the old things you didn’t need anymore (due to new Christmas gifts the day before) and gave them to the poor. Is that just an urban myth?

By: Russell Arben Fox

Russell Arben Fox — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 15:28:39 +0000

That’s one of my favorite Christmas cds, Kevin. The highlight, I think, is the Renaissance Singers’ rendition of “Once in Royal David’s City,” backed by the Chietains and the bells of Dublin. Awesome stuff.

By: Kevin Barney

Kevin Barney — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:35:08 +0000

Your visit made me think of the Chieftains' Bells of Dublin, with its songs about wrens and the terrific Elvis Costello contribution, The St. Stephens Day Murders.