What happens if Boxing Day falls on a Sunday?
What happens if Boxing Day falls on a Sunday?
If Boxing Day falls on a Sunday, a compensation day is given on the next weekday. In Australia, Boxing Day is a public holiday in all jurisdictions except the state of South Australia, where a public holiday known as Proclamation Day is celebrated on the first weekday after Christmas Day or the Christmas Day holiday.
Is Boxing Day a bank holiday on 26 December?
In the UK, Boxing Day has been a bank holiday since 1871. When 26 December falls on a Saturday, Boxing Day is moved to the following Monday. If 26 December falls on a Sunday, the substitute public holiday is the following Tuesday. However, 26 December is referred to as Boxing Day even when it falls on a Sunday.
Is the post office open on Boxing Day in Canada?
Government offices, banks and post offices/delivery are closed. In some Canadian provinces, Boxing Day is a statutory holiday that is always celebrated on 26 December. In Canadian provinces where Boxing Day is a statutory holiday and it falls on a Saturday or Sunday, compensation days are given in the following week.
Is Boxing Day a shopping holiday in Australia?
Shopping. In the UK, Canada, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago and New Zealand, Boxing Day is primarily known as a shopping holiday, much like Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) in the United States. Boxing Day sales are common in Canada, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago and New Zealand.
Which countries celebrate Boxing Day on 26 December?
Boxing Day. In some European countries such as Romania, Hungary, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Scandinavia, 26 December is celebrated as a Second Christmas Day.
Is Boxing Day a public holiday in Australia?
In Australia, Boxing Day is a federal public holiday. The Australian state of South Australia instead observes a public holiday known as Proclamation Day on the first weekday after Christmas Day or the Christmas Day holiday.
Why is Boxing Day called Boxing Day in Northern Ireland?
In Ireland – when the island as a whole was part of the United Kingdom – the Bank Holidays Act 1871 established the feast day of Saint Stephen as a non-movable public holiday on 26 December. Following partition in 1920, Northern Ireland reverted to the British name, Boxing Day.
