Do you know the origins of “Boxing Day”— the day after Christmas?  The day was first celebrated in the British Isles. It then grew to be celebrated in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and throughout the United Kingdom. It has further evolved in different forms in other English speaking countries.

Boxing Day is commonly understood to be the day after Christmas when the stores open with huge discounts on the merchandise they are offering for sale. This discount shopping tradition was originally just on December 26, but has developed into “Boxing Week”, where discounted merchandise is offered for sale for the whole week after Christmas— and now even sometimes longer!

Boxing Day is something similar to shopping “Black Friday” in the United States. Black Friday in the US is the Friday following American Thanksgiving Day. It signals the beginning of the Christmas shopping season and traditionally gives consumers large discounts on merchandise being offered for sale. This day, like Boxing Day described above, relates to the commercialization of Christmas shopping.

However the origins of Boxing Day have more altruistic roots. The essence of the day is to share one’s fortunes with needy people. The name is derived from the fact that the day after Christmas the boxes in the house are filled with gifts and articles in excess and these gifts are then shared with the poor and the needy. In the Western world Christmas gift giving in many instances has gone over the top. Some receive so many gifts on Christmas Day they can not remember who they are from.

It is wonderful to appreciate and enjoy the gifts you have been given at Christmas. But if you get lots it is equally satisfying to share them with others. Spacelocker makes this possible if you receive a Spacelocker virtual gift from your locker friends.

When you log into your locker you will see a gift box on the bottom shelf. Click on it and see if your locker friends have given you some free virtual gifts. Click on reply and send them a gift back from the gift gallery. Or maybe invite some other members to be a locker friend and send them a free Spacelocker virtual gift as a sign of sharing.

Spacelocker hopes that you will continue the original Boxing Day spirit of sharing throughout the year, both inside and outside your locker.

The Spacelocker Fleet