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Boxing Day or St. Stephen's Day?

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    #62
    Jimoslimos
    Registered Users Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    Boxing Day my good man!
    St. Stephen's Day. Its what my parents called it and it seems to have stuck in my head.

    Not bothered about others referring to it as Boxing Day, might be a tad concerned when we start calling the 4th July - "Independence Day" though:rolleyes:


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    #63
    meglome
    Registered Users Posts: 7,980 ✭✭✭meglome


    Boxing Day my good man!
    I kinda think we're missing the point here, you can call it Fred if you want but the fact remains the official holiday in this country is called St. Stephen's Day. What they call it in another country if they so happen to have a holiday on that day is irrelevant. We're all very familiar with the term Boxing Day as it's always mentioned on the British TV channels which most of us have but different holiday (apart from the drinking and eating :)), different country.


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    #64
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users Posts: 14,331 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    Interchangable
    It's Boxing day in Donegal and that's the way it is but then we had BBC tv before RTE.


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    #65
    Mr Magnolia
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,430 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


    Boxing Day my good man!
    St.Stephens Day. 'Boxing Day' is really only an English term is it not?


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    #66
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,756 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Boxing Day my good man!
    vektarman wrote: »
    Not quite correct for Hilly Billy I'm afraid, he left the full stop out after St.
    An.idiosyncracy.I'm.afraid. I.don't.do.full.stops.in.the.middle.of.sentences. But.just.for.you.I'll.make.an.exception.
    I'm.a.Rebel.with.a.Pause


    Back on topic...

    St Stephen was the first "Martyr". More here: http://www.byzantines.net/StStephen/StStephen.htm


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    #67
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Meh! Atari Jaguar.
    Mr Magnolia wrote: »
    St.Stephens Day. 'Boxing Day' is really only an English term is it not?

    Not really!
    Deleted User wrote: »
    Just for the (wiki) record, who calls it what elsewhere in the world.


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    #68
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Interchangable
    meglome wrote: »
    I kinda think we're missing the point here, you can call it Fred if you want but the fact remains the official holiday in this country is called St. Stephen's Day. What they call it in another country if they so happen to have a holiday on that day is irrelevant. We're all very familiar with the term Boxing Day as it's always mentioned on the British TV channels which most of us have but different holiday (apart from the drinking and eating :)), different country.

    meglome, logic doesn't belong in AH...Please take your common sense elsewhere please :)


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    #69
    Caco
    Registered Users Posts: 875 ✭✭✭Caco


    You're all wrong... it's "the day the pubs reopen"!


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    #70
    Lands Leaving
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭Lands Leaving


    I call it st. stephens day.

    Till I go visit relatives. ;)


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