Boxing Day

Well another busy day for us today - we're off to visit my family down the Gold Coast. We arrived at Nanna and Pa's place at 9am and Rebecca and Zac were there, and then Rochelle and Andy arrived. We had a lovely morning tea and opened more Christmas presents...talk about spoilt!!

After that we went around to Mum and Dad's place and my Uncle Jeff was up from Tasmania, so it was wonderful to see him for a couple of hours. Mum and Dad also had a lounge room floor full of presents too - so extra spoilt! We had a wonderful lunch and we managed to stay dry with the downpour that arrived at lunch time too!! We also spent the day with Rochelle and Andy and Nanna and Pa and then we headed home for a much needed rest!!


Did you know?

What is Boxing Day?

Boxing Day is a day the higher classes gave gifts to the lower classes. Before or on December 25th people of similar class would exchange gifts to celebrate the Christmas season. Gifts were not exchanged with the lower class until the next day called Boxing Day.

The holiday is named Boxing Day because the tradition of giving gifts of cash, food, clothing and other goods to the less fortunate were placed into boxes for easier transportation. The goods were distributed based on the family needs and their services to the giver.