Boxing Day

Boxing day falls on december 26 and is the feast day following Christmas day.

26 december in North Europe is a public holiday, whose name often is a translation of boxing day (for example, Swedish: Annandag jul).

In Commonwealth countries is called Boxing Day Boxing Day. Traditionally, on this day the Christmas box (box) opened. In the Christmas box could stop a present for the poor people. Also on Boxing Day held the traditional Fox hunts . Now is the day important to other sports such as football and horse racing.

In the Roman Catholic tradition falls on december 26, the feast of Saint Stephen .

Boxing Day is an official holiday in at least the following countries: Belgium (German-speaking community), Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany (traditionally not North Rhine-Westphalia and Saarland but more and more often), Estonia, France (Alsace-Lorraine), Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain (Catalonia), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and the United Kingdom (not in the French-speaking cantons).