• Backstory: Boxing Day

  • Dec 22 2023
  • Length: 12 mins
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  • Here in America, the day after Christmas is simply that: the day after. The party's over. But in England, it's an official holiday. December 26 — Boxing Day — is the Christmas afterparty you've been missing out on. What's the story? And what does it have to do with boxing? Paul Kerensa joins Christmas Past to...unpack the box.

    Mentioned in this Episode

    • Paul Kerensa
    • Hark! The Biography of Christmas, by Paul Kerensa

    Music in this Episode

    • "Good King Wenceslas" — U.S. Army Band, via Wikimedia Commons
    • "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" — DJ Williams, via Youtube Audio Library
    • "In the Bleak Midwinter" — Julius H., via Pixabay
    • "Emotional Piano Improvisation" — Alexander Nakarada, via Film Music
    • "Holiday Gift" — Kai Engel, via Free Music Archive

    Section from A Christmas Carol read by Peter John Keeble, courtesy of Librivox
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