noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈbɒksɪŋ deɪ/
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General-American:/ˈbɑːksɪŋ deɪ/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The day after Christmas; the 26th of December.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
There are plenty of discounted Christmas items in the Boxing Day sale.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The day or days (boxing week) following Christmas (December 25th) when stores have large reductions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, marketing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
first weekday after Christmas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday
History
Etymology
Perhaps because of boxes that were placed outside churches to collect special offerings tied to St. Stephen's Day; or because of the old British custom of tradesmen collecting “Christmas boxes” of money or presents on the first weekday after Christmas as thanks for good service, mentioned by the English diarist Samuel Pepys (1633–1703).
From Boxing Day.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
يَوْم اَلصَّنَادِيق
(yawm aṣ-ṣanādīq)
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Arabic:
بُوكْسِينْج دَاي
(buksing dāy)
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Chinese Mandarin:
節禮日 /节礼日
(jiélǐrì)
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Danish:
anden juledag
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Dutch:
tweede kerstdag
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Finnish:
tapaninpäivä
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Finnish:
tapani
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
French:
Boxing Day
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
French:
lendemain de Noël
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
French:
Saint-Étienne
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Galician:
día de San Estevo
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
German:
Zweiter Weihnachtstag
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Greenlandic:
juullip-aappaa
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Hebrew:
יום הקופסאות
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Hindi:
बॉक्सिंग डे
(bŏksiṅg ḍe)
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Hungarian:
karácsony másnapja
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Icelandic:
annar í jólum
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Italian:
Santo Stefano
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Japanese:
ボクシング・デー
(bokushingu-dē)
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Korean:
박싱 데이
(baksing dei)
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Norwegian Bokmål:
andre juledag
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Norwegian Nynorsk:
andre juledag
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Persian:
روز باکسینگ
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Polish:
drugi dzień świąt
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Russian:
День пода́рков
(Denʹ podárkov)
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Spanish:
Boxing Day
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Swedish:
annandag jul
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Swedish:
annandagen
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Welsh:
Gŵyl San Steffan
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
Welsh:
Dydd San Steffan
— the day after Christmas: 26 December — see also St. Stephen's Day
