What do shopping, cricket, and the humble wren have in common? Unless you’re from one of a very select group of countries, you probably have no idea. It’s all about Boxing Day.

TLV1’s Laragh Widdess gives a Brit’s-eye view of what Boxing Day is in practice: Shopping, watching sport on TV, nursing a hangover, and eating Christmas dinner number two.

But why do Brits, Canadians, Australians, Jamaicans, and other Commonwealth kin observe this public holiday? Why is it called Boxing Day? Laragh thinks it has something to do with Downton Abbey…

Music:
The Clancy Brothers – The Wren Song
Deck The Halls (Instrumental)
Downton Abbey Theme