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Nice thought - there usually are a lot of empties the following day. But no, the term comes from the old custom of employers giving their staff a "Christmas box" on that day - a gift, or a sum of money as a reward for their year's work. In big houses, the gift was not given until Dec 26th to ensure that the household staff worked on the 25th!

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