Boxing Day
Boxing Day (“day of the French boxes”; in Canada, Lendemain of Christmas ) indicates in several countries of the the Commonwealth the December 26th; it is very often about a Bank holiday (just like in certain European countries, which call it the Saint-Etienne). Legally definite like the first business day after Christmas, it can also be deferred to another day. There exist several assumptions on the origin of the Boxing Day , but most current is that the servants and the merchants received the gifts of their employers during the first business day after Christmas, the shortly after the celebrations in family. Another explanation suggests that it was about the day when the priests opened the trunks of the church S and distributed the contents of it to the poor.
It should be known that, in the countries of the the Commonwealth, one bank holiday fixed coinciding with one Saturday or Sunday is systematically observed the next business day. If the shortly after Christmas fall one Saturday, then it will be Monday December 28th which will be non-working; if the Christmas Day is one Saturday, then on Monday, December 27 and on Tuesday, December 28 will be both non-working.
With the Canada, in Australia and New Zealand the trade benefit from this festival to sell their inventory of Christmas at prices of aubaine. Often these important sales last the whole week between Christmas and the New Year's Day ( Boxing Week ).
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