Happy Boxing Day!
Boxing Day is very old holiday in the Britain and adopted by the Commonwealth nations like Canada and Australia. Although there are conflicting theories of the true origins of Boxing Day (see Wikipedia and this article from Time Magazine), basically Boxing Day comes down to the English upper classes giving boxes of food, gifts and/or money to the lower classes on the day after Christmas. There are similar traditions in other European countries as well.
In Puerto Rico (which mostly has no idea Boxing Day exists) the day after Christmas is a day to enjoy the beach and stand with one's feet in the sand and let the warm ocean flow past. At least it was this year.
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