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What is Boxing Day traditionally associated with?
What is Boxing Day traditionally associated with?
- Feast day of St. Stephen
- Shopping and sporting events
- Presenting gifts to servants, tradespeople, and the poor (correct)
- Giving bonuses to service employees
What is the origin of the name 'Boxing Day' based on one theory?
What is the origin of the name 'Boxing Day' based on one theory?
- Designation of the official public holiday
- Opening of alms boxes in churches for donations to aid the poor
- Boxes of gifts given to employees on the day after Christmas (correct)
- Feast day of St. Stephen
What is the significance of December 26 in relation to St. Stephen?
What is the significance of December 26 in relation to St. Stephen?
- Feast day of St. Stephen, the patron saint of boxing
- Feast day of St. Stephen, the patron saint of horses (correct)
- Feast day of St. Stephen, the patron saint of shopping
- Feast day of St. Stephen, the patron saint of cooking
What traditional activity is associated with Boxing Day?
What traditional activity is associated with Boxing Day?
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What led to the modification of traditional foxhunting in 2005?
What led to the modification of traditional foxhunting in 2005?
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Boxing Day was perpetuated by the English in the American colonies
Boxing Day was perpetuated by the English in the American colonies
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Boxing Day has become a day solely associated with shopping and not with any other activities
Boxing Day has become a day solely associated with shopping and not with any other activities
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The name 'Boxing Day' may have originated from the opening of alms boxes in churches
The name 'Boxing Day' may have originated from the opening of alms boxes in churches
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Boxing Day is not an official public holiday when December 26 falls on a Saturday or Sunday
Boxing Day is not an official public holiday when December 26 falls on a Saturday or Sunday
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The practice of giving bonuses to service employees before Christmas Day has largely discontinued
The practice of giving bonuses to service employees before Christmas Day has largely discontinued
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