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Old 26-12-2008, 05:43 PM #1
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Argh! The shops were so packed today I felt like knocking someone out
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Old 26-12-2008, 05:44 PM #2
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I thought it was because everyone is throwing out the boxes from Christmas
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Or putting the dec's back in em!
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tesco was crazy didnt venture anywhere else though
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I work there but our store was closed as it's not an Extra
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Its St Stephens Day.... LOL
Maybe he was a saint who loved boxes too much...
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Its St Stephens Day.... LOL
Maybe he was a saint who loved boxes too much...
There's always one box lover!
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I tend to give boxing day shopping a miss TBH as it is so busy and does kind of define the words "boxing day" lol
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Its St Stephens Day.... LOL
Maybe he was a saint who loved boxes too much...
We're the only who call it that! I think we just like to be differnent,us Irish

I'm glad I stayed inside today,not venturing out of the house for a few days yet!
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Its St Stephens Day.... LOL
Maybe he was a saint who loved boxes too much...
We're the only who call it that! I think we just like to be differnent,us Irish

I'm glad I stayed inside today,not venturing out of the house for a few days yet!
I find "Boxing Day" strange...
But I still do think he was in love with boxes... its the only explaination.. obv.
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So whats the real reason its called Boxing Day? Because I am none the wiser reading this thread. Serious question BTW. I have no clue
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Boxing is the day we are meant to give boxes of presents to the poor... which is funny because its a total contradiction because its the day everyone goes out and buys stuff for themselves. A giving holiday has turned into the most selfish.
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Boxing is the day we are meant to give boxes of presents to the poor... which is funny because its a total contradiction because its the day everyone goes out and buys stuff for themselves. A giving holiday has turned into the most selfish.
Oh mann!! Thanks for that! I was way off, LOL! My guess was maybe in the past, it was a day where they had boxing matches. You learn something everyday then!
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Boxing day is for getting over the day before.... I couldnt imagine shopping.

Your brave to brave the shops
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Boxing is the day we are meant to give boxes of presents to the poor... which is funny because its a total contradiction because its the day everyone goes out and buys stuff for themselves. A giving holiday has turned into the most selfish.
The whole Christmas things has its roots in the Bible but noone cares about that anymore, so any true meaning of the days has gone
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