Those Brits are hiding something
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In other news about mysterious Winter Solstice traditions, at least two of this morning's (American) comic strips feature a reference to the (British) observance of Boxing Day. Here's the take on it at Sally Forth:
And at Stone Soup:
It's possible that one of the web sites that failed to clear things up for Sally was a Language Log post from 10/5/2004.