<p class="caption">   <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/dec/boxing_shoes.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 748px;" /><br />   <strong>hoe stopper: Discounted shoes, a girl&rsquo;s best friend</strong></p>  <p class="caption">   <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/dec/boxing_bell.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 686px;" /><br />   <strong>Ringing in the shoppers: Australian actress Jessica Marais attends the offical &lsquo;bell ringing&rsquo; ceremony for the Boxing Day sales at the David Jones Market Street store in Sydney, Australia. u00a0</strong></p>  <p class="caption">   <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/dec/boxing_line.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 346px;" /><br />   <strong>First come, first serve: Shoppers queue in line at the Myer store on Pitt Street in Sydney, Australia.u00a0</strong></p>  <p class="caption">   <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/dec/boxing_snatch.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 227px;" /><br />   <strong>Making a grab for it: Shoppers reach out to grab a bargain at a perfume counter at Selfridges department store in London, England. Pics/Getty images, AFP</strong></p>  <p class="caption">   <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/dec/boxing_stack.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 724px;" /><br />   <strong>One is never enough: A shopper carries a stack of discounted perfumes inside the Selfridges department store in London</strong></p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   A record <strong>10 million</strong> shoppers were expected to spend an estimated</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   <strong>&pound;3 billion</strong> (R26,500 crore)&mdash; around</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   <strong>&pound;4.8 million</strong> (R42 crore) a minute &mdash; in stores in the UK alone yesterday</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   <strong>Why &lsquo;Boxing Day&rsquo;?</strong></div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The exact etymology of the term &ldquo;boxing&rdquo; is unclear. There are several competing theories, none of which is definitive.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   l It may come from a custom in the late Roman/early Christian era, wherein metal boxes placed outside churches were used to collect special offerings tied to the Feast of Saint Stephen, which in the Western Church falls on the same day as Boxing Day.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   l In Britain, it was a custom for tradesmen to collect &ldquo;Christmas boxes&rdquo; of money or presents on the first weekday after Christmas as thanks for good service throughout the year.u00a0</div>  

Thousands queued up since early morning outside department stores to make the most of the post-Christmas Boxing Day sales

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