Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide.

Patrick Kidd is churchwarden of All Saints’, Blackheath, and Diary editor of The Times.

Today’s feast, the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, marks the end of Christmastide, forty days after Christmas itself.

An old felt boot serves as the head. The construction is simple, allowing anyone to saddle this creature. Christmastide traditions are popular in many Belarusian villages. Children and young people ...