In the UK, Boxing Day (the day after Christmas) is the day that you give gifts to employees, coworkers, or people who have served you throughout the year. According to Wikipedia:
Boxing Day is a traditional celebration, dating back to the Middle Ages, and consisted of the practice of giving out gifts to employees, the poor, or to people in a lower social class.
Somehow, it seems like an appropriate day to celebrate John Edwards, the candidate who has taken the gloves off to fight for all of us.