Boxing Day

Our lithographic sign illustrates a young, loose-bloused woman moving BOXES with various colors and names on Boxing Day, a holiday not very well known in the United States. The day after Christmas in the U.S. is many things, most recently morphing into nightmarish battle scenes in box stores for cheap merchandise, as well as lines of angry revellers returning their plastic gifts. This day-after-Christmas holiday event has obscured another tradition in the States that I myself have often experienced.Once the long, shrill march toward Christmas has reached its end, one would think a rest period would be good - a rest period as provided by Boxing Day, when stores are closed, along with Post Offices and Banks. This holiday is an old British tradition, and it remains active in the Commonwealth, including Canada and Great Britain. The extra day off allows everyone to catch their breath and begin to re-set for a new year. But as a young working man I never got to experience any of the pleasures of December 26th, neither Boxing Day, nor disputes in K-Mart, nor creeping traffic jams on the way to the mall. Instead, I heard what our 1870s working woman no doubt heard, as she carried stacks of boxes on Boxing Day: "GET BACK TO WORK!"Please share your comments below or share this blog with your friends on Social Media, "tweet" or “like” this page on FB.Looking for the perfect picture for your next project? This wild and wonderful vintage image and thousands more are available for license and reproduction at The Rucker Archive. For image consulting services contact Mark Rucker at Hello@TheRuckerArchive.com or 303-494-6715 US or 250-767-0087 CAN.