Boxing Day
The calendar said Boxing Day
But not to honor Cassius Clay
Or who he then became, Ali,
Or any boxer there might be.
And so I Googled to find out
Exactly what the day’s about.
In England, servants had to work
On Christmas Day, so as a perk
The next day they had off to rest,
Their own festivities suppressed.
Their masters, though, gave each some gifts,
Within a box, for spirit lifts.
The servants went to visit kin;
Their holiday could then begin
For most of them were very poor
And needed what the boxes bore.
Thus Boxing Day attained its place
As something that the Brits embrace
Although through time, traditions drop
And folks now use this day to shop.
Copyright © Ilene Bauer | Year Posted 2020
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