Boxing Day

boxing day

Boxing Day in England is usually football day.

'Boxing Day' is traditionally the first weekday after Christmas when rich people or companies gave their employees presents. Notice the following:

1. Does your company celebrate Boxing Day?
   
2. We all went to the game on Boxing Day.
   

highest attendance

That day usually has the highest attendance of the year.

The 'highest attendance' means the most people who have come to an even during the year. Notice the following:

1. This year's graduation ceremony had the highest attendance in years.
   
2. The concert she gave in New York had the highest attendance.
   

hangover

We wake up usually with a big hangover from drinking the night before.

People with a hangover have a bad headache and feel sick in their stomach from drinking to much alcohol the previous day. Notice the following:

1. Many people have hangovers on January 1st.
   
2. I had such a bad hangover after my sister's wedding.
   

get rid of

To get rid of the hangover, we actually drink more alcohol.

Here, "to get rid of" means to make something go away or to remove something. Notice the following:

1. We need to get rid of all these boxes.
   
2. I am drinking lots of orange juice to get rid of this cold.
   

atmosphere

There's really a good atmosphere at the stadium, since it's Christmas.

In this case 'atmosphere' refers to the general emotional feeling of a place. Notice the following:

1. The whole atmosphere in the company changed after she left.
   
2. The office has a fun atmosphere during the holidays.