St Stevens day and Boxing day

sonofenoch · 26-12-2014 10:43am #1

Who was St Steven and why isn't it a holy day.........Boxing day? what the hell does that mean and where did the name come from

rabwaygal · 26-12-2014 10:45am

Dont think there was a St Steven tbh

fryup · 26-12-2014 10:48am

its spelt Stephen, steven is the english way of spelling it

St Stephen is the patron saint of shoppers, he declared in the year of 1066 that all goods should be sold cheaply this pleased the pope of the time and he was made a saint

Boxing Day gets its name because thats the day all the cruel landlords in england use to go around and give there tenants a box on the head for being late with the rent

The Backwards Man · 26-12-2014 10:49am

Thought we were going to get away without this balls this year. It's Boxing Day in Donegal and NI, St Stephen's Day in less sophisticated locales

Grayson · 26-12-2014 10:49am

rabwaygal wrote: »

Dont think there was a St Steven tbh

wasn't his first name shakin?

I grew up in a weird hybrid english/irish house where it was referred to as boxing day. Occasionally I still refer to it as boxing day. Irish people really have a problem with that name.

Speedsie · 26-12-2014 10:49am

You might mean St Stephen (and why do you think he's not a saint?)

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen

sydthebeat · 26-12-2014 10:49am

https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/ireland/st-stephen-day

The King of Moo · 26-12-2014 10:50am

It's because you box up your unwanted presents to return them.

Traditionally, most presents in Ireland were Bought In Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, so about the 1920s we started to call it St. Stephen's Day, and the name's stuck.

Standard Toaster · 26-12-2014 10:58am

The King of Moo wrote: »

It's because you box up your unwanted presents to return them.

Traditionally, most presents in Ireland were Bought In Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, so about the 1920s we started to call it St. Stephen's Day, and the name's stuck.

Stephen's Green Shopping Centre only opened in 1988

eviltimeban · 26-12-2014 10:59am

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Stephen's Green Shopping Centre only opened in 1988

* whoosh *

mad muffin · 26-12-2014 11:01am

It's Phaint Phteven

patob · 26-12-2014 11:11am

Is day known as Boxing day throughout NI 6 counties or is St Stephen's day ever used?

KungPao · 26-12-2014 11:13am

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Thought we were going to get away without this balls this year. It's Boxing Day in Donegal and NI, St Stephen's Day in less sophisticated locales

And us Dubliners are the "west Brits"...

I suppose you Ulstermen have Bonfire night, toad in the hole, spotted dick, and beans with your fried breakfast.

You make me sick.

kneemos · 26-12-2014 11:15am

patob wrote: »

Is day known as Boxing day throughout NI 6 counties or is St Stephen's day ever used?

Well you can be pretty sure some of them will use Boxing Day and the others will say Stephens Day.

fryup · 26-12-2014 11:15am

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

the prods call it Boxing Day and the micks call it St Stephens Day

yet another thing to divide the people

The Backwards Man · 26-12-2014 11:21am

KungPao wrote: »

And us Dubliners are the "west Brits"...

I suppose you Ulstermen have Bonfire night, toad in the hole, spotted dick, and beans with your fried breakfast.

You make me sick.

Na, us Ulsterfolk are more concerned with the practicalities of every day life than the facetiousness of the naming of a holiday. Why use four syllables when you can use three?

Cantremember · 26-12-2014 11:22am

Very wet day here. Looks like we could have a flood.

fryup · 26-12-2014 11:24am

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

st noah's day ?

Call Me Jimmy · 26-12-2014 11:24am

You're forgetting St. Stephens's day

Matta Harri · 26-12-2014 11:26am

Any Wren Boys yet? I used to love going in the wran

The Backwards Man · 26-12-2014 11:26am

Cantremember wrote: »

Very wet day here. Looks like we could have a flood.

That's St Swithun's Day, the most quintessentially English saint of all.

sonofenoch · 26-12-2014 11:26am

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

the prods call it Boxing Day and the micks call it St Stephens Day

yet another thing to divide the people

Well I think I just started a new one with St Steven's day.....there's something there for everyone

KungPao · 26-12-2014 11:28am

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

You're forgetting St. Stephens's day

I was once so sick, that I had to go to James'es'es hospital on Stephens'ses's day.

What a Christmas that was.

The Backwards Man · 26-12-2014 11:28am

patob wrote: »

Is day known as Boxing day throughout NI 6 counties or is St Stephen's day ever used?

Was never used at all until the last 15-20 years. I blame young wans going to college down south and being castigated by their peers for using Boxing Day, and coming home to tell us all they knew better.

Harry Palmr · 26-12-2014 11:29am

The King of Moo wrote: »

It's because you box up your unwanted presents to return them.

Traditionally, most presents in Ireland were Bought In Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, so about the 1920s we started to call it St. Stephen's Day, and the name's stuck.

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Stephen's Green Shopping Centre only opened in 1988

eviltimeban wrote: »

* whoosh *

Standard Toasters reply was perfect.

kneemos · 26-12-2014 11:31am

Say Boxing Day in the South and you're always met with an immediate chorus of Stephens Day.

barneystinson · 26-12-2014 11:31am

mad muffin wrote: »

It's Saint Phteven

Don't you mean Phaint Phteven? (Or is it a selective lisp?)

mad muffin · 26-12-2014 11:34am

barneystinson wrote: »

Don't you mean Phaint Phteven? (Or is it a selective lisp?)

:eek::mad::(:pac:

Fixed…

The King of Moo · 26-12-2014 11:37am

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Standard Toasters reply was perfect.

He's not actually a toaster.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 26-12-2014 12:00pm

Its Saint Boxing day in Leitrim.

c_man · 26-12-2014 12:17pm

kneemos wrote: »

Say Boxing Day in the South and you're always met with an immediate chorus of Stephens Day.

Well before that, we'll have to talk about this "The South" business

The Backwards Man · 26-12-2014 12:21pm

c_man wrote: »

Well before that, we'll have to talk about this "The South" business

Think he means the free state, and if he does he is way off the mark, we are in both the free state and The South and we say Boxing Day.

c_man · 26-12-2014 12:24pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Think he means the free state, and if he does he is way off the mark, we are in both the free state and The South and we say Boxing Day.

I bet that "practicing atheist" guy from yesterday also calls it Boxing Day :pac:

The Backwards Man · 26-12-2014 12:32pm

c_man wrote: »

I bet that "practicing atheist" guy from yesterday also calls it Boxing Day :pac:

Ha, it's amazing how many people forget about how atheist they claim to be when you take St Stephen away from them

OldMrBrennan83 · 26-12-2014 12:36pm

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circadian · 26-12-2014 12:37pm

Catch yourselves on.

It's 26th December.

Tarzana2 · 26-12-2014 12:44pm

Why do people have such a problem with people calling it 'Boxing Day'? The UK is a different, mostly non-Catholic country, and Donegal, where it's also used, has strong ties to Scotland.

Cantremember · 26-12-2014 12:50pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Think he means the free state, and if he does he is way off the mark, we are in both the free state and The South and we say Boxing Day.

The Free State ended in 1937. The name of this country I'm in is Ireland or in the Irish language Eire. It's time you caught up.

The Backwards Man · 26-12-2014 12:53pm

Cantremember wrote: »

The Free State ended in 1937. The name of this country I'm in is Ireland or in the Irish language Eire. It's time you caught up.

If Oscar Wilde were alive today, he'd probably have to put a

after every sentence he bleeding wrote.

Cantremember · 26-12-2014 12:55pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

If Oscar Wilde were alive today, he'd probably have to put a after every sentence he bleeding wrote.

No he wouldn't.

mad muffin · 26-12-2014 12:55pm

Éirinn go Brách!!

The Backwards Man · 26-12-2014 12:56pm

Cantremember wrote: »

No he wouldn't.

Yes he . . oh

Cantremember · 26-12-2014 12:57pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Yes he . . oh

Good man.

The Bould Rabbit · 27-12-2014 1:30pm

kneemos wrote: »

Say Boxing Day in the South and you're always met with an immediate chorus of Stephens Day.

You should try saying it in Londonderry.

Dirty Dingus McGee · 27-12-2014 1:37pm

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Why do people have such a problem with people calling it 'Boxing Day'? The UK is a different, mostly non-Catholic country, and Donegal, where it's also used, has strong ties to Scotland.

We don't have to copy everything they do in the UK.

You do know that Ireland is a different country than the UK.

lertsnim · 27-12-2014 1:44pm

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Why do people have such a problem with people calling it 'Boxing Day'? The UK is a different, mostly non-Catholic country, and Donegal, where it's also used, has strong ties to Scotland.

It's not the UK so why would anybody call it Boxing Day?

The Bould Rabbit · 27-12-2014 1:53pm

lertsnim wrote: »

It's not the UK so why would anybody call it Boxing Day?

Its called Boxing Day in many countries apart from the UK but I wouldn't get upset about it if an Irish person used the name.

Anyway, when I was a kid we never called it St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day or the day after Christmas.

Down our way it was called Lá an Dreoilín. And a much nicer name it is too.

Cantremember · 27-12-2014 2:24pm

lertsnim wrote: »

It's not the UK so why would anybody call it Boxing Day?

To wind people up possibly. Maybe. Hardly.

Straylight · 27-12-2014 2:33pm

Everyone knows the correct name for the day is actually Stephenses Day.

Sunnyisland · 27-12-2014 2:40pm

c_man wrote: »

Well before that, we'll have to talk about this "The South" business

The most Northenly part of Ireland is in the south :-)

http://www.tripadvisor.ie/ShowUserReviews-g186601-d522471-r131141047-Malin_Head-County_Donegal.html

Tarzana2 · 27-12-2014 2:48pm

lertsnim wrote: »

It's not the UK so why would anybody call it Boxing Day?

Because they do? Why not ask a Donegal person why they say it? There must be some reason, and I'm sure it's a valid one.

St Stevens day and Boxing day

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