Holiday today?

[Belgium R/T -68]

Is today, 26th, a bankholiday in the US or are your shops open? In Sweden it's a holiday but in Belgium not?

[69bronzeT5]

The 26th here (and in the US) is Boxing Day. The stores always have huge Boxing Day sales.

[Belgium R/T -68]

The 26th here (and in the US) is Boxing Day. The stores always have huge Boxing Day sales.

Would that be valid for Mancini aswell?

[Ponch ®]

The 26th here (and in the US) is Boxing Day. The stores always have huge Boxing Day sales.

I've never heard of no Boxing Day. What is it? People randomly start fights and punch each other out? Or does it involve putting stuff in boxes?

Wacky Canadians....

And no, the 26th is not an official Holiday. A lot of companies do stay closed and/or a lot of people take the day off(esp. since this year it falls on a Friday), but for the most part it's back to business as usual. Hence why I'm working. 

[WingCharger]

Here it is "Stores selling all their Red and Green Crap at half price" day.

[69bronzeT5]

I thought it was in the US too? My bad! . Here though, the stores have huge sales.

[72chargerSE]

It's a liitle known fact....


We don't have boxing day here in the US...my wife, who was born in England and grew up in Canada, has known "Boxing Day" her whole life.

Boxing Day is a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong and countries in the Commonwealth of Nations with a mainly Christian population. In South Africa, this public holiday is now known as the Day of Goodwill. It is based on the tradition of giving gifts to the less fortunate members of society. Contemporary Boxing Day in many countries is now a "shopping holiday" associated with after-Christmas sales.

This day is historically England's name for St. Stephen's Day. Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr, being stoned to death in Jerusalem around A.D. 34-35. St. Stephen's Day is usually celebrated on December 26, which is a public holiday in some countries or areas in Europe (UK, Germany, Alsace, northern part of Lorraine, Catalonia) and around the world with predominantly Christian populations. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, St Stephen's Day is celebrated on the 27th of December, although in Greece the Greek Boxing Day (Synaxis Theotokou, Σύναξις Θεοτόκου) is also celebrated as a public holiday on the 26th of December and is not related to the English version.[citation needed]

In Ireland the Bank Holidays Act 1871 established the feast day of St. Stephen's Day as a non-moveable public holiday on December the 26th, although since partition the name "Boxing Day" is used by the authorities in Northern Ireland and it has become a moveable public holiday in que with the rest of the UK. The Banking and Financial Dealings Act of 1971 established "Boxing Day" as a public holiday in Scotland. In the Australian state of South Australia, December the 26th is a public holiday known as Proclamation Day.

It is usually celebrated on the 26th of December, the day after Christmas Day[1][2]; however, unlike St. Stephen's Day, Boxing Day is not always on the 26th of December: its associated public holiday can be moved to the next weekday if the 26th of December is a Saturday or Sunday. The movement of Boxing Day varies between countries.

[Ponch ®]

It's a liitle known fact....


We don't have boxing day here in the US...my wife, who was born in England and grew up in Canada, has known "Boxing Day" her whole life.

Boxing Day is a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong and countries in the Commonwealth of Nations with a mainly Christian population. In South Africa, this public holiday is now known as the Day of Goodwill. It is based on the tradition of giving gifts to the less fortunate members of society. Contemporary Boxing Day in many countries is now a "shopping holiday" associated with after-Christmas sales.

This day is historically England's name for St. Stephen's Day. Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr, being stoned to death in Jerusalem around A.D. 34-35. St. Stephen's Day is usually celebrated on December 26, which is a public holiday in some countries or areas in Europe (UK, Germany, Alsace, northern part of Lorraine, Catalonia) and around the world with predominantly Christian populations. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, St Stephen's Day is celebrated on the 27th of December, although in Greece the Greek Boxing Day (Synaxis Theotokou, Σύναξις Θεοτόκου) is also celebrated as a public holiday on the 26th of December and is not related to the English version.[citation needed]

In Ireland the Bank Holidays Act 1871 established the feast day of St. Stephen's Day as a non-moveable public holiday on December the 26th, although since partition the name "Boxing Day" is used by the authorities in Northern Ireland and it has become a moveable public holiday in que with the rest of the UK. The Banking and Financial Dealings Act of 1971 established "Boxing Day" as a public holiday in Scotland. In the Australian state of South Australia, December the 26th is a public holiday known as Proclamation Day.

It is usually celebrated on the 26th of December, the day after Christmas Day[1][2]; however, unlike St. Stephen's Day, Boxing Day is not always on the 26th of December: its associated public holiday can be moved to the next weekday if the 26th of December is a Saturday or Sunday. The movement of Boxing Day varies between countries.

So what does boxing have to do with any of those things then? Im still confused...

[72chargerSE]

No punching involved......more to do with boxes.

[superbirdtom]

I am a boxing coach and trainer and i never heard of it. so i assume it is a day where people reurn their rejected boxes of chistmas gifts

[moparstuart]

havent you guys ever heard the 12 days of christmas by bob and doug mckenzie , there Kanooks 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WCXnlFWaIY