Transforming Today's World Magazine Volume 3 Issue 4 | Page 77

For centuries, cheese has been served at holiday feasts across the globe. One of the world’s most celebratedtraditionscomesfromEngland—BoxingDay.BoxingDayoriginatesfromMedievaltimeswhen feudal lords would invite their subjects to the Keep for a feast and present them with foodstuffs, (A wheel of cheese was often served as part of the peasants’feast) coins and other gifts the day after Christmas. Hence, the box part. Feastgoers would bring empty boxes with them to bring home their goodies! While the feudal lo