The origins of this public holiday vary greatly from what it is known for today. Boxing Day originated when people who attended Christmas Day church services placed money in a special box for the poor. On the day after Christmas - Boxing Day - priests would offer the money to the community's poor.
Today, it is celebrated in a vast number of ways in Victoria. Sporting events are one of the most popular, with the Australian Boxing Day Cricket Test in Melbourne being an annual highlight for cricket enthusiasts. A number of well-attended horse racing meetings are held in regional Victoria. Boxing Day has also become a day of huge retail sales, particularly in the larger cities where items left over from Christmas are reduced to low prices.
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