December holidays in Australia.

["Madeline L. Buchanan" <mlbuchan@bellsouth.net>]

A holiday that is celebrated the day after Christmas in Australia and New
Zealand is Boxing Day.  There are several speculations as to its origin but
one theory is that the rich used to give boxes of gifts and leftovers to the
poor the day after Christmas.
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