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Saint Stephen's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Stephen, is a Christian saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr, celebrated on 26 December in Western Christianity and 27 December in Eastern Christianity.
St Stephen's Tower is the smaller tower in the middle of the building; St Stephen's House, Oxford – a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford and Anglican theological college; St Stephen's Church, Bristol – a city church built outside the walls c. 1250, rebuilt c. 1430–1490
Wren Day (Irish: Lá an Dreoilín), or Hunt the Wren Day (Manx: Shelg yn Dreean), is an Irish and Manx custom on 26 December, Saint Stephen's Day (known in most of Ulster as Boxing Day). Traditionally, men and boys hunted a wren , which was revered as the 'king of the birds'.
Hunt the Wren on the sand at Port St. Mary, 2016. Hunt the Wren (Manx: Shelg yn Dreean) is a traditional custom carried out on the Isle of Man on 26 December, Saint Stephen's Day. Traditionally, men and boys hunted a wren and placed it on top of a staff decorated with holly, ivy and ribbons, or displayed it in a decorated box on top of a pole.
28. Happy Boxing Day! Let's live out Luke 2:14 which says, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men." 29. As you go out to celebrate Boxing Day, remember that "whoever ...
The Harbour Grace Affray was an armed conflict of religious violence that happened on Saint Stephen's Day, 1883 in the town of Harbour Grace, Colony of Newfoundland, between members of the Loyal Orange Association and the Roman Catholics. [1]
Boxing Day isn't generally recognized in the United States, but some Christians (especially Catholics) honor Dec. 26 as St. Stephen's Day. Boxing Day is a holiday in Massachusetts as of 1996, when ...
The song is thought by some to represent the human sacrifice of the Year King, or the symbolic substitute slaughter of the wren as "king of the birds" at the end of the year for similar purposes, and such songs are traditionally sung on Boxing Day (26 December), just after the winter solstice. 26 December is sometimes called St Stephen's Day or Wren Day.