19– EARLIEST, 20 - FIRST, 21 – POSTMEN, 22 – TO RECEIVE, 23 – COMES, 24 – WOULD GO, 25 – HAD BECOME

The Oxford English Dictionary gives the 19) ___ (EARLY) attestations from Britain in the 1830s, defining it as " the 20) ___ (ONE) weekday after Christmas day, observed as a holiday on which 21) ___ (POSTMAN), errand boys, and servants of various kinds expect 22) ____ (RECEIVE) a Christmas box". Boxing Daygot its name when Queen Victoria was on the throne in the 1800s and has nothing to do with the sport of boxing. The name 23) ___ (COME) from a time when the rich used to box up gifts to give to the poor. The servants 24) ___ (GO) home on Boxing Day to give Christmas boxes to their families. By the 21st century it 25) ___ (BECOME) a day associated with shopping and sporting events.

19– EARLIEST, 20 - FIRST, 21 – POSTMEN, 22 – TO RECEIVE, 23 – COMES, 24 – WOULD GO, 25 – HAD BECOME