Boxing Day is a holiday traditionally celebrated the weekday or Saturday following
Christmas Day, when servants and
tradesmen would receive gifts, known as a "Christmas box", from their masters, employers or customers, in the United Kingdom, The Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, Bermuda, New Zealand, Kenya, South Africa, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and other former British colonies. Today, Boxing Day is the
bank holiday or
public holiday that generally takes place on 26 or 27 December.