Today is Boxing Day, as I learned it, traditionally the day when the poor and needy received “Christmas boxes” filled with money and gifts.  But looking further into the history of the British holiday I found several theories on how the name came about.  There was LOTS of information out there but the two post below provided the best information. What do you think?: {below information from ehow.com} Gifts from Aristocrats One theory regarding Boxing Day involved gifts from aristocrats in the early  19th century. Traditionally the aristocrats gave gifts placed in boxes to  workers and servants on the day after Christmas. It was similar to a worker  receiving a…