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A sinner saved by
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Happy Boxing Day!
Bodie Hodge, M.Sc., B.Sc., PEI
Biblical Authority Ministries, December 26, 2025 (Donate)
Today is the first of the Twelve Days of Christmas (AKA
Twelfthtide). Boxing Day kicks off the twelve consecutive holidays
that follow Christmas Day.
The last six days of the year and the first six days of the
new year are the Twelve Days of Christmas. The final day is Epiphany or
Feast of Epiphany on January 6th. It was an ancient holiday
honoring the visit of the wise men and this day concludes the Twelfthtide.
Two of these twelve days are still popular holidays called New Years Eve
and New Years Day.
Boxing Day
Boxing Day, also called St. Stephens Day, is
still a popular holiday in places like England, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.
But nations in Africa (e.g., Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, etc.) also have it. Many Caribbean
Islands nations (Jamacia, Bahamas, Bermuda, etc.) celebrate it as well.
Ireland and Estonia also celebrate it but use the specific name
St. Stephens Day, which is another common title for Boxing Day. Some
simply call it The Day of Goodwill. This is because Boxing Day is
about boxing up things for goodwill in honor of St. Stephen (in the Bible) who
was the first martyr in the New Testament who literally gave his life in
testimony of Jesus Christ.
So donating things as part of our goodwill to the less
fortunate is a reflection of that sacrifice. Of course, Christ sacrificed
Himself to pay and eternal and infinite debt for our sin that we could not pay
before a perfect, infinite and holy God. This part of the Christmas season is
like a form of almsgiving. So, the holiday focuses on charity and generosity
(in hosts of ways) and giving to workers and the poor.
I hope you have a blessed Boxing Day.
Bodie Hodge, Ken
Ham's son in law, has been an apologist since 1998 helping out in various
churches and running an apologetics website. He spent 21 years working at Answers
in Genesis as a speaker, writer, and researcher as well as a founding
news anchor for Answers News. He was also head of the Oversight
Council.
Bodie
launched Biblical Authority Ministries in 2015 as a personal
website and it was organized officially in 2025 as a 501(c)(3). He has spoken
on multiple continents and hosts of US states in churches, colleges, and
universities. He is married with four children.
