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Shrove Tuesday and Boxing Day Traditions

Pancake Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent. In the past, it was a day of confession and feasting before the Lenten fast. Pancakes are eaten on this day because they are easy to make and can be topped with various ingredients. Traditional British pancakes are thin and cooked in a frying pan, with popular toppings including lemon and sugar or chocolate and fruit. Some communities hold pancake races where participants race while flipping a pancake in a pan. Boxing Day is celebrated in several countries the day after Christmas and traditionally involved giving gifts or money to service providers from the previous year. Sports and sales are also commonly associated with Boxing Day celebrations.

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Shrove Tuesday and Boxing Day Traditions

Pancake Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent. In the past, it was a day of confession and feasting before the Lenten fast. Pancakes are eaten on this day because they are easy to make and can be topped with various ingredients. Traditional British pancakes are thin and cooked in a frying pan, with popular toppings including lemon and sugar or chocolate and fruit. Some communities hold pancake races where participants race while flipping a pancake in a pan. Boxing Day is celebrated in several countries the day after Christmas and traditionally involved giving gifts or money to service providers from the previous year. Sports and sales are also commonly associated with Boxing Day celebrations.

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Pancake (Shrove) Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent (40 days

leading up to Easter). Shrove comes from the word “shrive” and this means to confess.In the

olden days, Shrove Tuesday would be a day of confession for Christians before Len began.

It was the last chance for people to eat whatever they chose before they began to fast and was an
opportunity for them to eat whatever was left in their pantry or kitchen.

We eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday because they are easy to make and can be filled with any topping.

British pancakes are thin batters, only a few millimetres thick, that are cooked in

a frying pan.

Brave chefs will flip their pancakes to ensure they're cooked both sides but others will use a spatula.

Popular toppings include plain lemon and sugar, and sweeter things such as chocolate and fruit.

In these races, competitors run a short track, maybe only 100 metres or so, while flipping a pancake in
their frying pan.

If you drop the pancake you have to stop and pick it up!

The winner is whoever completes the race first with their pancake still intact.

There is a famous race held in Olney.

Participants must be housewives and wear an apron.

The winner is the first to complete a 375 metre course, give their pancake to the church

bell ringer and receive a kiss.

Boxing day

The day after Christmas, Boxing Day is celebrated in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and
Canada

The day after Christmas, Boxing Day is celebrated in the United Kingdom, Australia, New
Zealand, and Canada
- It's called Boxing Day, because it was the custom on that day for tradesmen to collect their

Christmas boxes or gifts in return for good and reliable service throughout the year.

The priests used to open the boxes and distribute the donations to the poor of the village. Thus
this day came to be called Boxing Day. December 26 was chosen for these charitable acts because
the day was dedicated to St. Stephen, a patron saint known for good works and his status as the first
Christian martyr.

It is an old tradition of Boxing Day to gift money to those who provide you with services throughout the
year. When this tradition started, it was a day that the wealthy gave off to their servants. The wealthy
would give a box containing a gift to their servants as a gesture of appreciation. Today, the tradition has
expanded to show appreciation to anyone who provides you a service.

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Boxing day has become one of the busiest shopping days of the year as it is the day when the big post-
christmas sales start.

Eager shoppers start queuing from the early hours of the morning to grab bargains.

the sale at the department store harrods is particularly famous as it will sell unique one-off items for
huge discounts for these items it is first come first served.

In the UK, sports are often played on Boxing Day, especially football matches and horse racing.

On boxing day many people go to football games or

watch the matches from home.

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Fox hunts were also a big part of Boxing Day traditions, but in 2004, the activity was banned in the UK.

Hunters still gather, dressed in their finest coats, but now follow designated artificial trails.

Fun fact in boxing day

with so much food prepared for christmas day, it is inevitable that some will be

left over.

So boxing day is for eating leftovers


turkey sandwiches turkey salad.....

Anything

that is left over gets eaten on boxing day

other holidays and special occasions

St David's Day

Easter

Beltane Fire Festival

Christmas

Carnival Notting Hill festival

The Queen's birthday

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