Boxing Day: From master-servant tradition to a popular holiday

Source: SBS Filipino

Find out about some unique Santa Claus traditions in Australia, the origin of Boxing Day and the iconic mistletoe. Let's all find out, tara!

Updated 21/12/2021

Presented by David Joshua Delos Reyes

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There is a Santa Claus hotline in Australia and it is 0261949939 61
Boxing day came from a master-servant gift giving tradition in the 1800's England
Apart from mistletoe being semi-parasitic, its fruits are actually poisonous to humans

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