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Specialty Expressions: HANSEL MONDAY

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Hansel MondayLiteratureThe Monday after New-Year's Day, when "hansels," or free gifts, were given in Scotland to servants and children. Our boxing-day is the first weekday after Christmas Day. (Anglo-Saxon, handselen; hand and sellan, to give.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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