What's the day after Christmas? Chances are, if you ask an American they won't know. But, if you ask a Canadian or a Brit, they'll tell you: Boxing Day.
Boxing Day is a holiday that originated in the UK and is celebrated in commonwealth countries: Canada, Australia, New Zealand etc.
The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day.
The term may come from the opening of church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters' clients.
Read more about Boxing Day on Wikipedia
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