CHRISTMAS BOXES.
Ybu know .how all the tradesmen call -. for their Christmas boxes immediately after Christmas Day. Do you know how the cubtom originated? In the early days of Christ* ianity boxes were placed in churches for charitable -These boxes were open* ed on Christmas Day, and their contents distributed next day, Boxing Day.; The prieetf :v; used to call -it the dole of the Christmas box. Apprentices in later years adopted the •idea, and carried a-box round to their customers for the collection of gratuities. I® is still carried out,} although the custom hM; lost' ft lot* of popularity, like many othfflj , old Christmas observances. ; , ? ' . ■ . ' '
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1929, Page 2 (Supplement)
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106CHRISTMAS BOXES. Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1929, Page 2 (Supplement)
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