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Boxing Day or St. Stephen's Day?

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    #32
    Fratton Fred
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    That article at least explains why there were a group of kids walking around Ballyconnell with a dead bird on a stick last time I was up there. Good bit of tradition and nice to see. (Unless you're a wren of course).


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    #33
    keefg
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    Meh! Atari Jaguar.
    Depends on who I am talking to I suppose.

    If I was to mention St. Stephen's Day to any of my English friends they won't know what the hell I am talking about (fcuking heathens :mad: ).


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    #34
    WindSock
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    Boxing Stephenses day, My cousin Steven likes to hide on this day when I am around


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    #35
    ziggy
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    #36
    keen
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    Boxing Day my good man!
    St. Stephens Day of course!


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    #37
    Poppy Cock
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    Boxing Day my good man!
    DesF wrote: »
    Stephenseseses Day.
    x 2.

    St. Stephen's day is too much of a mouthful! Boxing day? Isn't that just the UK?


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    #38
    Ruu_Old
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    Always been St.Stephens Day


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    #39
    englander
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    Depends who i am talking to :

    Irish people or people living in Ireland -> St. Stephen's Day
    English people -> Boxing Day

    Irish people with serious chip on shoulder -> Boxing Day !

    Quite touching that work colleagues will say Boxing Day so that I know what they are talking about.


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    #40
    Creature
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    Boxing Day my good man!
    St. Boxing's Day ftw!


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    #41
    AlmightyCushion
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    Boxing Day my good man!
    Does any one call it Steve's Day? Kinda like how people call St. Patrick's Day, Paddy's Day.


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    #42
    Stephen
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    Boxing Day my good man!
    Creature wrote: »
    St. Boxing's Day ftw!

    We have a winner! Why do I find the notion of St. Boxing's Day so funny?


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    #43
    Ponster
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    I call it 'back-to-work' as it isn't a public holiday here in France.


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    #44
    philstar
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    Boxing Day my good man!
    excuse my ignorance....but who was st stephen anyway??...was he irish??


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    #45
    godtabh
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    I've an English girlfirend. When I talk about St Stephen's Day she doesnt know what I'm talking about. When she talkes about Boxing day I know what she is talking about. Its a cultural thing and I dont really care


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    #46
    Fratton Fred
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    kearnsr wrote: »
    I've an English girlfirend. When I talk about St Stephen's Day she doesnt know what I'm talking about. When she talkes about Boxing day I know what she is talking about. Its a cultural thing and I dont really care

    People in England don't know who Podge and Rodge are either. I have, however, made it my duty to enlighten the ignorant :D


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    #47
    Poppy Cock
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    Boxing Day my good man!
    Stephen wrote: »
    We have a winner! Why do I find the notion of St. Boxing's Day so funny?
    Because you laugh at unfunny jokes?


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    #48
    Gran Hermano
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    Meh! Atari Jaguar.
    Bleeeeedin' foreigners coming in here and taking our St Stephen's Day
    and what do they give us back I ask - poxy Boxing Day :)
    Tis Dec 26th to me, just another day off work.


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    #49
    randylonghorn
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    St. Stephen's Day (or verbally Stephen's's Day, as someone pointed out! :D)

    I certainly wouldn't get all uppity about it though, or give someone grief for calling it anything else ... who cares?!


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    #50
    Thirdfox
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    December 26th to me.


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    #51
    Dizzyblonde
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    Boxing Day my good man!
    To me it's the nicest day of all at Christmas because the pressure is off and there's lots of leftovers so I don't have to cook. I stay in my pyjamas unless I fancy going for a walk at the sea. Bliss.


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    #52
    Ponster
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    philstar wrote: »
    excuse my ignorance....but who was st stephen anyway??...was he irish??

    Nope, there are only a handful of Irish saints I think.

    He was Jewish originally I believe...from somewhere in the middle-east.


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    #53
    KIVES
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    I wouldn't get into a brawl over it but it has taking me years to try and stop referring to it as 'Boxing Day' and make a big attempt to imprint 'St STEPHENS DAY' on my brain, so I'm happy with the status quo - I think the closer to the border you live, the more difficulty you have with deciding which one to go with - Can even have Republican/Nationalist connotations depending on which description you choose...


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    #54
    DICK FINGERS
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    St Stephens day or Boxing day?

    I would always call it St Stephens day
    But to be honest its just a regular day for me
    the cattle and sheep still have to be fed as usual:(


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    #55
    KIVES
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    DICK FINGERS wrote: »
    St Stephens day or Boxing day?

    I would always call it St Stephens day
    But to be honest its just a regular day for me
    the cattle and sheep still have to be fed as usual:(

    What do you do on the 15th August then...?


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    #56
    DICK FINGERS
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    KIVES wrote: »
    What do you do on the 15th August then...?


    That's strange you mentioned the 15th of August

    that is actually my birthday but i don't usually go out for it
    ill be 44 next august

    It's not much to celebrate another year older and still single:(


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    #57
    KIVES
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    I meant Farmers Day - as every other day of the year you seem to be bedridden,attending funerals of loved ones or bemoaning the fact that you're single, have a lot of cattle and your love life's going down the pan...I mean, i'd say they love to see you down in your local...a real cheery-upper...Boxing Day for me methinks at a push


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    #58
    timmywex
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    defo staphens day, but i clicked the wrong one in the poll by accident!


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    #59
    JIZZLORD
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    Boxing Day my good man!
    Defo St. Stephen's day for me


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    #60
    artanevilla
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    Boxing Day my good man!
    Stephen's day GMV.


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    #61
    Dudess
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    Why do people pronounce it as "St Stephens's Day"? They guy was called Stephen, not Stephens.
    It's the day of Stephen - if you're talking about the car of some guy called Stephen or the house of Stephen, you wouldn't say "Stephens's car" or "Stephens's house".


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