Boxing Day

[pne]

When is Boxing Day this year?

I used to think that "Boxing Day" = "26 December", but it seems that at least originally, Boxing Day was "the first weekday after Christmas", when service workers received Christmas-boxes—which makes sense, since the milkman, postman, etc. would typically not work on a Sunday (would they?).

So would Boxing Day be on 27 December this year?

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[fweebles.livejournal.com]

Same here (http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/jfa-ha/index_e.cfm).

[pne.livejournal.com]

That web page doesn't explain that, though—for example, it says that Boxing Day falls on "Dec. 26" in 2004 without mentioning that the 27th will be a public holiday or day off in lieu. (It does mention special treatment for Canada Day, though.)