A present given at Christmas to tradespeople and employees.
〈英〉（给店主、雇员的）圣诞礼物；圣诞赏钱
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The employees have been told of the decision and have been urged not to go around demanding Christmas boxes from residents.
In what the Herald described as ‘Lord Hothfield's Christmas box to the town ’, the owner of Skipton Castle, agreed to allow land behind the town hall to be used for a cattle market.
I give the postman and the window cleaner a Christmas box, and occasionally put some money in it too.
So how about the bin men knocking at the door every Christmas for their Christmas box?
Those who don't give them their Christmas box could be in for a nasty shock… or not as the case maybe
But they aren't happy about shelling out for Christmas boxes, and they're rather worried about crime.
People who are being harassed for Christmas boxes have been asked to report such incidents to the Pikitup call centre.
Lower down, bonuses are more likely to be double the salary - but with many people earning six-figure salaries in this business, that should have made a very nice Christmas box.
At Christmas we leave a note on the front door asking the postman to call at the back door for his Christmas box.