Linkapalooza: Boxing Day

While I'm traveling for the holidays, I'll be posting short posts with links I found interesting. Today, in honor of Boxing Day, I'll share what snopes.com has to say about this holiday:

The holiday's roots can be traced to Britain, where Boxing Day is also known as St. Stephen's Day. Reduced to the simplest essence, its origins are found in a long-ago practice of giving cash or durable goods to those of the lower classes. Gifts among equals were exchanged on or before Christmas Day, but beneficences to those less fortunate were bestowed the day after.

You can read the rest of the article here. (If you've never been to Snopes, it's a great place to check out the truth behind urban legends.)