AirForceVet: Boxing Day is NOT an official holiday in the first place.

It is in Canada, and I'm not complaining since us Canadians get holiday pay for working on Boxing Day (and even if your work is closed on Boxing Day, you still get your holiday pay). It's also our version of Black Friday, though it's not nearly as bad because Canadians are too polite to stampede over each other.

AirForceVet: Boxing Day is NOT an official holiday in the first place.

It does seem like it. It has been moved to Monday this year because it falls on a Saturday.

120 pound parking fine?

*whistles softly*

CraicBaby:It's also our version of Black Friday, though it's not nearly as bad because Canadians are too polite to stampede over each other.

I'm getting my boxing gloves ready.

"In London, half of the 32 councils are allowing free parking - but the policy may not be borough-wide."

Hilarious! It's a giant practical joke!

Dumb-Ass-Monkey: I'm still waiting for Superbowl Sunday to be declared a holiday.

And the day after major holidays, too. What's the point of celebrating the 4th of July, staying up waaaaaaaaaaaay too late, getting drunk off your ass, if you need to go to work the next morning?

I think I have Monday July 5 off in 2010 for that very reason.

Cry me a river, Britain.

You guys have more holidays than anyone in the free world, with your "Bank holidays" and "half holidays" and all that crap. Deal with it.

In Ireland 26 December is known as St. Stephens Day; a fine time is had by all because the pubs reopen after being dark ALL day on Christmas.

I feel boxing day is slowing catching on here in the states. Keep seeing 'day after christmas' sales advertised and stores opening early. only a matter of time before they give it the name...

AirForceVet: Boxing Day is NOT an official holiday in the first place.


Might not be a holiday where you are, but it is in the UK, where the article is set.

First paragraph from Wiki "Boxing Day is a bank and public holiday in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, Greenland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Nigeria and countries in the Commonwealth of Nations with a mainly Christian population. In South Africa this public holiday is now known as the Day of Goodwill. Though it is not an official holiday in the United States, the name "Boxing Day" for the day after Christmas has some currency among Americans, particularly those that live near the Canada - United States border."

I've highlighted the parts relevant to you.

/Welcome to the world, citizen

"Boxing Day is a public holiday - it shouldn't not be a public holiday because it happens to be a Saturday."

It shouldn't not be what where because of a Saturday when?

is this really news?

I think every day in which I sport a wicked hangover should be a public holiday, so I'm in favor of this one.

If you don't like your council's decision, you can bloody well vote them out or run for office yourself. The debate over what to do about a Saturday Boxing Day has been going on for about a decade and a half now, and this is one of those things that local government is supposed to deal with.

AirForceVet: Boxing Day is NOT an official holiday in the first place.

Yes, it is.

I think it's pretty telling that other public services remain shut. This is purely a cash-generating exercise.

Gyrfalcon: Cry me a river, Britain.

You guys have more holidays than anyone in the free world, with your "Bank holidays" and "half holidays" and all that crap. Deal with it.

What are you on about? Of the nations in the EU, Britain has the least amount of public holidays.

Sorry. It's Christmas.

Seriously, though: 120 quid for a frakking parking ticket? Is that normal in the old blighty?

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Cool happy, bro

Joy. Joy.

kinshane: Seriously, though: 120 quid for a frakking parking ticket? Is that normal in the old blighty?

I suspect it might be if it was an emergency zone. Or maybe not. The UK wavers between harsh punishment for otherwise minor infractions and minor punishment for harsh infractions.

/great place but sometimes mystifying.
//wtf is Marmite, anyway?
///looks like tar.

Gyrfalcon: Cry me a river, Britain.

You guys have more holidays than anyone in the free world, with your "Bank holidays" and "half holidays" and all that crap. Deal with it.

Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday and August Bank Holiday.

That's all we get in a year.

Crid: Gyrfalcon: Cry me a river, Britain.

You guys have more holidays than anyone in the free world, with your "Bank holidays" and "half holidays" and all that crap. Deal with it.

Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday and August Bank Holiday.

That's all we get in a year.

Oh, Good Friday and Easter Monday too.

AirForceVet: Boxing Day is NOT an official holiday in the first place.

It's a Bank Holiday (days traditionally observed as holidays by banks) in England and Wales, but not Scotland.

Traditionally, if a bank holiday falls at the weekend, it is observed the following Monday.

The councils doing this are following the established practice. It's the ones who aren't that are causing the confusion.

/2nd Jan is a bank holiday in Scotland, its a Saturday, so we are getting the 4th off instead

Worst decision. In the wulllld.

Something something OBAMACARE

Portland Oregon Pulled the same BS when they deemed that they would start charging on Sunday.

It was indicated in fine print on the meters but they nabbed thousands of drivers because parking has been free on Sunday since the dawn of time

phartman: The UK wavers between harsh punishment for otherwise minor infractions and minor punishment for harsh infractions.

Its very easy. Is a way to make a profit off the perp? If yes, treat them harshly in order to get them to pay up. Or administering justice will cost the state money? Then ignore if possible otherwise do the bare minimum.

AirForceVet: Boxing Day is NOT an official holiday in the first place.

CraicBaby: It is in Canada, and I'm not complaining since us Canadians get holiday pay for working on Boxing Day...

It's actually not an official holiday in Canada and many Canadians *don't* get holiday pay for working on Boxing Day. My former boss made a *huge* deal out of the fact that Boxing Day was not - in fact - a statutory holiday and I wasn't to expect a paid day off for it. As far as I know, the only places it's a statutory holiday in Canada are Ontario and New Brunswick.

Dec 26th isn't a real holiday in America either. Suck it Kwanza!

/I can't believe I had to be the first to say it.

> You guys have more holidays than anyone in the free world, with
> your "Bank holidays" and "half holidays" and all that crap.
> Deal with it.

"Half holidays"? I think that's just something fee-paying schools give their pupils, old chap.

We get eight days of public (bank) holiday, and most people get 20 to 25 days paid vacation from their employers.

Here in the states tickets will cost you double on a holiday. at least where I am.

Yeah, uh, the public holiday is moved to Monday because it falls on a Saturday, so we get Monday off instead. I'm surprised no one at the Sun knows this. Or maybe they do but didn't have any actual news to report today.

All you British farkers...you know there is a way to deal with your government when it goes full retard, right?

Mithra is the reason for the season.

Baker_Street_Irregular: In Ireland 26 December is known as St. Stephens Day; a fine time is had by all because the pubs reopen after being dark ALL day on Christmas.

Must be entertaining to watch the paddies quivering like they had St. Vitus' Dance around 8 pm on December 25th.

StrangeQ: All you British farkers...you know there is a way to deal with your government when it goes full retard, right?

Luckily we're not dumb enough to be outraged by Sun bullshiat. Feel free to riot over nothing on our behalf.

kinshane: Seriously, though: 120 quid for a frakking parking ticket? Is that normal in the old blighty?

It is in London. I live near the outskirts of London and the parking tickets have gone up from £50 to £100.
It gets more expensive the closer you get to the West end.

Shatner's Bassoon: Yeah, uh, the public holiday is moved to Monday because it falls on a Saturday, so we get Monday off instead. I'm surprised no one at the Sun knows this. Or maybe they do but didn't have any actual news to report today.

THIS.
If Christmas day falls on a Saturday then the Public holidays fall on Monday and Tuesday.
If people assume it's free parking, you might get a ticket.
I ALWAYS check a council's website about parking restrictions before I actually park there. Just because you parked in the same spot last week for free doesn't mean you can do the same this week. Saved me a lot of money.

swamp_of_dumb: Baker_Street_Irregular: In Ireland 26 December is known as St. Stephens Day; a fine time is had by all because the pubs reopen after being dark ALL day on Christmas.

Must be entertaining to watch the paddies quivering like they had St. Vitus' Dance around 8 pm on December 25th.

Are you saying the Irish are too dumb to lay out a few bottles of whisky to get through Christmas?

A £120 fine for PARKING!?!? Holy fark!! What do you get if you speed in Britain??

> A £120 fine for PARKING!?!? Holy fark!!

It's even more than that if you get clamped and towed to a pound.

> What do you get if you speed in Britain??

3 pts and a £60 fine, for general speeding. Points last four years, with your licence being suspended while you have 12 or more.

No points for parking though - which I guess is why the fine is larger. (?)

A lot of Americans aren't familiar with the meaning of Boxing Day. It's sort of like Christmas but it celebrates baby Jesus punching out the Philistines.

nyrB: It's actually not an official holiday in Canada and many Canadians *don't* get holiday pay for working on Boxing Day. My former boss made a *huge* deal out of the fact that Boxing Day was not - in fact - a statutory holiday and I wasn't to expect a paid day off for it. As far as I know, the only places it's a statutory holiday in Canada are Ontario and New Brunswick.

It's an official public holiday. Just because some provinces don't consider it a stat holiday doesn't mean it's not an offical holiday. Hell, the Maritimes don't consider Thanksgiving a stat holiday. Does that mean Thanksgiving isn't an official holiday?

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