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Boxing Day
uncountable noun: Boxing Day is the 26th of December, the day after Christmas Day.

Boxing Day in American English
December 26, a legal holiday in most parts of the Commonwealth: so called from the former custom of giving gift boxes to employees, mail carriers, etc.
noun: the first weekday after Christmas, when Christmas gifts or boxes were traditionally given to employees, letter carriers, etc

Boxing Day in British English
noun: the first day (traditionally and strictly, the first weekday) after Christmas, observed as a holiday

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