i think it is still uncertain but has something to do with either the servants of the wealthy getting the day off to visit family and given a box by their employers with gifts and leftover food to take with them or it maybe to do with the Feast of Stephen and the placing of boxes outside churches to collect offerings and donations.
wim commented on 12.26.12
I never understood this boxing day thing, SS, can you explain what is has in common with the noble art of boxing?