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Boxing Day, the traditionally British holiday recognized the day after Christmas, offers an extension of the festivities. People in countries like Canada, the U.K. and South Africa spend an extra ...
In many countries, festivities extend til the day after Christmas with Boxing Day. People celebrate by watching sports, spending time with family, and shopping.
Wren Day (Irish: Lá an Dreoilín), or Hunt the Wren Day (Manx: Shelg yn Dreean), is an Irish and Manx custom on 26 December, Saint Stephen's Day (known in most of Ulster as Boxing Day). Traditionally, men and boys hunted a wren , which was revered as the 'king of the birds'.
Boxing Day is celebrated in Great Britain and some Commonwealth countries, especially Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, according to Encylopedia Britannica. Boxing Day falls on Dec. 26. Origins ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. Commonwealth nations holiday on 26 December For other uses, see Boxing Day (disambiguation). "Christmas box" redirects here. For the genus of shrubs, see Sarcococca. Boxing Day Boxing Day crowds shopping at Toronto's Eaton Centre Also called Offering Day Observed by Commonwealth nations ...
Life Day: Wookiee celebration of life, featured in the Star Wars Holiday Special, in which Wookiees gather with family, wear long red robes, sing under sacred The Tree of Life and reminisce. The Dawning: A celebration of the Light of the Traveler, and a time to spread cheer and give gifts to help keep The Darkness at bay during the long days of ...
Boxing Day is a holiday in Massachusetts as of 1996, when Gov. William F. Weld declared it so in honor of local British citizens who wished to celebrate it stateside. However, it still isn't a ...
In Brazil, when a holiday occurs in a Tuesday or a Thursday, some sectors of the society, as government and education, turn the day between the holiday and the weekend into a holiday. The four-day or even the three-day weekends are called in Brazilian Portuguese feriados prolongados ("Extended holidays") or its popular form feriadão ("big ...