BOXING DAY!!!!!!!BY: FIYIN, MADILYNN, MILES & JACK

A FEW FACTS ABOUT BOXING DAY

• EVEN THOUGH IT’S CALLED BOXING DAY, IT IS NOT ABOUT BOXING PEOPLE.

• THIS IS A REAL HOLIDAY. NOT A TRICK.

• BEFORE IT WAS BOXING DAY IT WAS ST. STEPHENS DAY.

• IRELAND SOMETIMES CALLS IT WREN DAY. POOR KIDS WOULD KILL A WREN.

• BOXING DAY IS A BRITISH BLACK FRIDAY.

• ALSO, YOU DON’T HOP OUT OF A BOX OR PUT PEOPLE IN BOXES.

“BOXING DAY”

ALTHOUGH YOU DON’T BOX PEOPLE ON BOXING DAY, YOU MAY SEE PEOPLE BOXING OVER CLOTHES FOR THE SALE AT A STORE.

MY ORIGIN

BOXING DAY STARTED IN ENGLAND DURING THE MIDDLE AGES..

FOOD AND GAMES

FOOD FOR BOXING DAY IS MINCE PIES, HAMS, CHRISTMAS CAKE, BREAD SAUCE, CRANBERRY SAUCE, WARM GRAVY, MINCE MEAT CUPCAKES AND MINCE TARTS. THE GAMES THEY PLAY ARE FOOTBALL.

THE ATTIRE FOR BOXING DAY

THE ATTIRE (CLOTHING) FOR BOXING DAY IS:

BOYS GIRLS

SUIT AND TIE

WHAT YOU WOULD WEAR TO A NORMAL PARTY. NICE DRESS, SHOES

WHEN IS IT CELEBRATED?

BOXING DAY IS CELEBRATED ON DECEMBER 26TH , THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS.

WHY AM I CELEBRATED?

BOXING DAY IS CELEBRATED BECAUSE THE SERVANTS WORK FOR THEIR MASTERS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. SO, BOXING DAY IS LIKE A VACATION FOR THEM.

THE NAMES OF THE CELEBRATION

SOME NAMES OF THE CELEBRATION ARE :LA’ AN DREOILIN ( DAY OF THE WREN) ST. STEPHENS DAY, AND BOXING DAY.

A SONG

ON CHRISTMAS DAY I TURNED THE SPIT, I BURNED MY FINGERS- - I FELT IT YET; BETWEEN MY FINGERS AND MY THUMB ,I ATE THE ROAST MEAT EVERY CRUMB. SING, HUBBER MA DRO MY DROLEEN. WE WERE ALL DAY HUNTING THE WREN, WE WERE ALL DAY HUNTING THE WREN; THE WREN SO CUTE, AND WE SO CUNNING, SHE STAYED IN THE BUSH WHILE WE WERE A -RUNNING.

WAS THE QUEEN EVER INCLUDED?

SHE WAS INCLUDED IN 1871.

IT IS CALLED BOXING DAY BECAUSE…

PEOPLE CALL IT THAT BECAUSE THEY BOX UP PRESENTS FOR LOVED ONES.

EVENTS

AT A PARTY YOU WOULD: PROBABLY GO TO A FESTIVAL.

THE END