I live in Canada – where Boxing Day is the holiday after the holiday. It’s a bizarre concept if you ask me. Many people have spent hours in malls in November and December and spent way too much money – only to continue on Boxing Day. I think it would be interesting to track Boxing Day purchases and see if people really do save much. I’m pretty sure whatever they’re buying isn’t anything they really need – just something to indulge in.
Somehow this video seems appropriate for Boxing Day: