What do you call the 26th of December?

freshpopcorn

I've always called it St.Stephen's day but lately I've heard people use Boxing Day.

What do you call the 26th of December?

callaway92

‘Stephen’s Day’

RobbingBandit

Stephensesesesesesesssssssssssssss day lots of emphasis on the esesesesesesssssssssssssssssssss

Peatys

Stevens Day

Trampas

26th of December

nails1

I call it sit around scratching my bum and drinking milk straight from the carton day

votecounts

Horseracing and Pub Day

OldMrBrennan83

Stephenses Day.

liam7831

Wednesday

Graces7

Saint Stephen's Day; lovely after decades of Boxing Day in my UK life.... Saint Stephen, protomartyr..

IamtheWalrus

Boxing Day in our house

JupiterKid

The day the bog gets destroyed...

Omackeral

Christmas Part 2 : This Time It's Personal

jester77

eh what type of poll is that, today is wren day

Steven's day.

Loads of sport, nice leftover food, beer and no work. One of the best days of the year.

OldMrBrennan83

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I've always called it St.Stephen's day but lately I've heard people use Boxing Day.

What do you call the 26th of December?

It's because most children in this country are reared by British TV/sport/etc.

Optimalprimerib

Stephenses. Don't bother with the day part.

Try_harder

Stephenzezs

MarkY91

I've never heard an Irish person call it boxing day before

MarkY91

MarkY91 wrote: »

I've never heard an Irish person call it boxing day before

I have. Not many mind.

Happy4all

MarkY91 wrote: »

I've never heard an Irish person call it boxing day before

Yep..Stephens day in Ireland.

The Brits call it boxing day

theteal

I’m in England and I refer to it as Stephen’s day. Gets a fair few confused looks right

Tom Mann Centuria

theteal wrote: »

I’m in England and I refer to it as Stephen’s day. Gets a fair few confused looks right

Funny because I'm in Ireland, and just go with the flow and call it Stephen's day. Despite calling it Boxing day for the first twenty odd years of my life in England.

Can't call a cupboard a press though, that's a step too far.

DellyBelly

Call it both really. Love football and always call today's games the boxing day fixtures. Don't know why and when I did this but it's stuck now.

razorblunt

It’s officially the start up of that “what day is it? / why is there only Bountys left? / are those my feet?” Stage of the Festive period.

Happy4all

Happy4all wrote: »

Yep..Stephens day in Ireland.

The Brits call it boxing day

Donegalers call it Boxing Day

The Rape of Lucretia

Boxing Day here in Dublin.

Of course, you do hear Stephens Day sometimes and everyone knows what is meant. Probably more use of Stephens Day in rural parts of the country, in my experience, but the two are used interchangeably without really noticing.


RTE seems to go with Stephens Day too which has probably led to it becoming more used than in the past.

Omackeral

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Boxing Day here in Dublin.

Well that's bollox for a start.

Doctors room ghost

I do call it stephenses day.

freshpopcorn

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Boxing Day here in Dublin.

Of course, you do hear Stephens Day sometimes and everyone knows what is meant. Probably more use of Stephens Day in rural parts of the country, in my experience, but the two are used interchangeably without really noticing.


RTE seems to go with Stephens Day too which has probably led to it becoming more used than in the past.

Going by the poll so far Boards must be full of rural dwellers!

OldMrBrennan83

bubblypop wrote: »

Donegalers call it Boxing Day

They're as near as makes no differ to being Brits anyway.

Guy:Incognito

MarkY91 wrote: »

I've never heard an Irish person call it boxing day before

I'll do it the odd time if theres a few militant types within earshot, to annoy them .

Guy:Incognito

Has anyone said " I call it wednesday" yet, to be cool?

Patww79

Patww79 wrote: »

They're as near as makes no differ to being Brits anyway.

OldMrBrennan83

RoboKlopp wrote: »

Mostly deal in a 'lock of pound', all drive yellow reg's, about as Irish as Boris Johnson. We probably could have sold it to them years ago and nobody would have noticed.

Sardonicat

Patww79 wrote: »

RoboKlopp wrote: »

Mostly deal in a 'lock of pound', all drive yellow reg's, about as Irish as Boris Johnson. We probably could have sold it to them years ago and nobody would have noticed.

What is a 'lock of pound'? Is it Donegal speak for the day after Stephenseseseseseses day? "We're having turkey bones boiled in a broth on lock of pound. Sure, all the food was et on Stephenseseseseseses day'.

The Rape of Lucretia

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Boxing Day here in Dublin.
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Pffft. Me hole it is.

Did you just get off the boat? Or stray south across the border?

Or is it just that you’re so full of shít that the Christmas (not xmas, take note) dinner has caused it to overflow and fill your cranial cavity, TROL?

It’s St. Stephen’s or ‘stevinziz’ day. Fact.

gctest50

JayZeus wrote: »

(not xmas, take note)..,..

Why not Xmas ?

Jay Zee

Wren day

Doctors room ghost

Jay Zee wrote: »

Wren day

The wren the wren the king of the birds
Stephenses day was caught in the furze
Up with the kettle and down with the pan
Give me a penny to bury the wren.

Vita nova

The only places in Ireland (IOI) that you'll commonly hear Boxing Day are in Northern Ireland and Donegal, in the former for historical reasons and in the latter as a result of proximity to the former.
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demanufactured

The twenty-sixth of dee-cember.

Vita nova

You could also call it:
Recovery Day
Leftovers for Dinner Day
Etc.

Spook_ie

Shame on all of you who forget it's "Happy Birthday to my Daughter Day"

nim1bdeh38l2cw

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Has anyone said " I call it wednesday" yet, to be cool?

Yes, someone on page 1. I call it Tuesday to be different, personally

Sardonicat

Vita nova wrote: »

You could also call it:
Recovery Day
Leftovers for Dinner Day
Etc.

Have we got any Gaviscon? day

JohnnyFlash

Patww79 wrote: »

:rolleyes:

All the best and take it handy you absolute pox. That's no answer to anything you ****ing mong.

Overindulge on the cans yesterday, amigo?

OldMrBrennan83

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Overindulge on the cans yesterday, amigo?

In fairness, what sort of a reply to anything is 'u ok hun'? Did I fall asleep and wake up on Facebook in 2012?

JohnnyFlash

Patww79 wrote: »

In fairness, what sort of a reply to anything is 'u ok hun'? Did I fall asleep and wake up on Facebook in 2012?

You were indulging in some shítposting yourself, hombre. Don’t dish out what you can’t take yourself. Listen, have a mug of tea, maybe a few sausages, and head out for a long walk to clear the cobwebs. Too early to be getting angry about that sort of stuff.

OldMrBrennan83

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

You were indulging in some shítposting yourself, hombre. Don’t dish out what you can’t take yourself. Listen, have a mug of tea, maybe a few sausages, and head out for a long walk to clear the cobwebs. Too early to be getting angry about that sort of stuff.

Too close to dinner time for sausages. And I don't like tea or walking any more than I like patronising blowbags. I was only indulging in being 100% correct anyway.

Still, no matter what; 'u ok hun'? ****ing really???



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The Hill Billy

Patww79 wrote: »

:rolleyes:

All the best and take it handy you absolute pox. That's no answer to anything you ****ing mong.

Patww79 wrote: »

Too close to dinner time for sausages. And I don't like tea or walking any more than I like patronising blowbags. I was only indulging in being 100% correct anyway.

Still, no matter what; 'u ok hun'? ****ing really???



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Jaysus, Pat - did Santy pîss in your eggnog?