Boxing Day traditions keep up the holiday spirit
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A rider sits on his horse surrounded by dogs during The 'Old Surrey and West Kent Boxing Day Hunt.' Prime Minister Theresa May is to scrap an election pledge in her manifesto which was to give MPs a free vote on overturning the hunting ban. The law which was introduced by the Labour Government in 2004, banned the use of dogs to hunt foxes and other wild mammals in England and Wales.
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Members of the 'Old Surrey and West Kent Boxing Day Hunt' arrive for the meet at Chiddingstone Castle on Dec. 26, 2017 in Chiddingstone Causeway, England.
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A dog jumps on a a girl as members of the public gather as The 'Old Surrey and West Kent Boxing Day Hunt' arrives for the meet at Chiddingstone Castle on Dec. 26, 2017.
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The 'Old Surrey and West Kent Boxing Day Hunt' gets under way.
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The Town Crier leads the Marshfield Mummers, The OId Time Paper Boys, wearing costumes made from old newspapers, as they perform their traditional Boxing Day mummers play in the village of Marshfield on Dec. 26, 2017 in Wiltshire, England.
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Crowds gather to watch the Marshfield Mummers, The OId Time Paper Boys, wearing costumes made from old newspapers, performing their traditional Boxing Day mummers play in the village of Marshfield on Dec. 26, 2017 in Wiltshire, England. The play - which was revived in the 1930s after it had died out in the 1880s - is performed by seven figures, led by the Town Crier with a handbell at several places along the High Street
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A member of the Marshfield Mummers, The OId Time Paper Boys, wears a costume made from old newspapers.
In the 19th century the mummers were thought to have been villagers who toured the large wealthier houses in disguise collecting money for village festivities, but there is some evidence that the plays were performed as far back as the 11th century.
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Crowds gather to watch the Marshfield Mummers, The OId Time Paper Boys performing their traditional Boxing Day mummers play.
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Shoppers form a large crowd on Oxford Street in London, on Dec. 26, 2017, during the post-Christmas, Boxing Day sales.
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A customer looks at shoes in Selfridges department store during the Boxing Day sale in London on Dec. 26, 2017.
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Police mingle with the shoppers on Oxford Street in London.
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Hundreds of people race into the cold waters of the North Sea as they take part in the annual Boxing Day dip on Dec. 26, 2017 in Redcar, England.
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The annual Boxing Day dip on Dec. 26, 2017 in Redcar, England attracts hundreds of people each year who take to the cold water wearing fancy dress as they help to raise money for a number of charities.
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An elf takes a picture as people participate in the annual Boxing Day dip on Dec. 26, 2017 in Redcar, England.
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A particpant celebrates as he runs in the cold waters of the North Sea during the annual Boxing Day dip.
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A rider sits on his horse surrounded by dogs during The 'Old Surrey and West Kent Boxing Day Hunt.' Prime Minister Theresa May is to scrap an election pledge in her manifesto which was to give MPs a free vote on overturning the hunting ban. The law which was introduced by the Labour Government in 2004, banned the use of dogs to hunt foxes and other wild mammals in England and Wales.