Editing Boxing Day (section)

== Status by country ==
* 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 (South Australia)|Proclamation Day]] is celebrated on the first weekday after Christmas Day or the Christmas Day holiday.<ref>{{cite web|title=Public holidays|url=https://www.safework.sa.gov.au/resources/public-holidays|website=SafeWork SA|date=12 December 2022 |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref> Both the [[Boxing Day Test]] [[Test cricket|cricket]] match held at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] and The [[Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race]] begin on Boxing Day.
* In Canada, Boxing Day ({{langx|fr|link=no|le Lendemain de Noël}}) is a federal statutory holiday for employees of federally-regulated industries or workplaces.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/workplace/federal-labour-standards/vacations-holidays.html|title=Annual vacations and general holidays for employees working for federally regulated employers|publisher=Government of Canada|website=www.canada.ca|date=27 November 2024|access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref> It's also recognized as a statutory holiday in the province of [[Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ontario.ca/document/your-guide-employment-standards-act-0/public-holidays|title=Public holidays|publisher=King's Printer for Ontario|website=www.ontario.ca|date=8 July 2024|access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref> In [[New Brunswick]], Boxing Day is a holiday listed as a "prescribed day of rest" in the province's Days of Rest Act, but it is not a statutory holiday because it is not classified as a paid public holiday under New Brunswick's Employment Standards Act.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stlawyers.ca/blog-news/statutory-holidays-new-brunswick/|title=Statutory Holidays in New Brunswick|website=stlawyers.ca|publisher=Samfiru Tumarkin LLP|date=2 December 2023|access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref>
* In Hong Kong, despite the [[Handover of Hong Kong|transfer of sovereignty]] from the UK to China in 1997, Boxing Day is a general holiday as the first weekday after Christmas.<ref>{{cite web|title=General holidays for 2007 – 2021|url=https://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/holiday/|publisher=GovHK|access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Labour Department - Frequently Asked Questions|url=https://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/faq/cap57f_whole.htm|access-date=4 March 2021|publisher=Government of Hong Kong}}</ref> Starting in 2024, Boxing Day became a statutory holiday in the territory.
* In [[Indonesia]], Boxing Day not a public holiday, but since 2023 included as "[[Cuti bersama|joint holiday]]" ([[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]: cuti bersama)<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 December 2022 |title=Muhadjir Effendy Klarifikasi soal 26 Desember: Bukan Cuti Bersama |url=https://www.tempo.co/politik/muhadjir-effendy-klarifikasi-soal-26-desember-bukan-cuti-bersama-238915 |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Tempo |language=id}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Indonesia |first=CNN |date=8 December 2023 |title=Pemerintah Tegaskan Selasa 26 Desember Cuti Bersama Hari Raya Natal |url=https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20231208130632-20-1034635/pemerintah-tegaskan-selasa-26-desember-cuti-bersama-hari-raya-natal |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240206034623/https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20231208130632-20-1034635/pemerintah-tegaskan-selasa-26-desember-cuti-bersama-hari-raya-natal |archive-date=2024-02-06 |access-date=2025-05-12 |work=nasional |language=id-ID}}</ref> 
* In [[Ireland]], when the entire island [[History of Ireland (1801–1922)|was part of]] the United Kingdom, the [[Bank Holidays Act 1871]] established the 26 December as a bank holiday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/employment/bank-public-holidays/bank-public-holidays/page18882.html|title=History of Bank & Public Holidays|publisher=Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207051825/http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/employment/bank-public-holidays/bank-public-holidays/page18882.html|archive-date=7 December 2008|access-date=14 December 2008}}</ref> The day is referred to as [[Saint Stephen's Day]] in most of Ireland, and as Boxing Day in most of [[Ulster]] (especially in [[Northern Ireland]] and [[County Donegal]]).<ref>Boxing Day tragedy in Donegal as man dies in crash (''Donegal News'', 26 December 2019). https://donegalnews.com/2019/12/boxing-day-tragedy-in-donegal-as-man-dies-in-crash {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222161005/https://donegalnews.com/2019/12/boxing-day-tragedy-in-donegal-as-man-dies-in-crash/ |date=22 December 2022 }}</ref><ref> Donegal couple devastated after losing home in Boxing Day fire (''Donegal Daily'', 29 December 2017). https://www.donegaldaily.com/2017/12/29/donegal-couple-devastated-after-losing-home-in-boxing-day-fire/</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Boxing Day/St. Stephen's Day - Which is more common in Donegal?| website=boards.ie | date=24 December 2009 | url=https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2055778576/boxing-day-st-stephens-day-which-is-more-common-in-donegal}}</ref>
* In New Zealand, Boxing Day is a statutory holiday. On these holidays, people who must work receive {{frac|1|1|2}} times their salaries, and a day in lieu is provided to employees who work.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.govt.nz/browse/work/public-holidays-and-work/working-on-public-holidays/ | title=Working on public holidays | publisher=New Zealand Government | access-date=25 December 2017}}</ref>
* In Nigeria, Boxing Day is a public holiday for working people and students. When it falls on a Saturday or Sunday, there is always a holiday on the following Monday.<ref>{{cite web|title=Holidays in Nigeria in 2017|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/nigeria/|website=Time and Date|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref>
* In Scotland, Boxing Day has been specified as an additional bank holiday since 1974, by [[royal proclamation]] under the [[Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=46377 |date=18 October 1974 |page=9343|title=BY THE QUEEN - A PROCLAMATION - APPOINTING THURSDAY, 26TH DECEMBER 1974 A BANK HOLIDAY IN SCOTLAND ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Public and bank holidays | website=mygov.scot | access-date=28 December 2022 | url=https://www.mygov.scot/scotland-bank-holidays}} Lists past and upcoming bank holidays, frequently updated.</ref>
* In Singapore, Boxing Day was a public holiday for working people and students; when it fell on a Saturday or Sunday, there was a holiday on the following Monday. However, Boxing Day is no longer a public holiday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/HA1998?ProvIds=Sc-#Sc-|title=Holidays Act (Chapter 126)|date=30 December 1999|work=Singapore Statutes Online|access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>
* In South Africa, 26 December is the [[Day of Goodwill]], a public holiday.<ref>{{cite web|title=Public holidays in South Africa|url=https://www.gov.za/about-sa/public-holidays|publisher=South African Government|access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref>
* In Trinidad and Tobago, Boxing Day is a public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Public Holidays|url=https://www.ttconnect.gov.tt/gortt/portal/ttconnect/!ut/p/a1/jdDBDoIwDAbgp-FKC8tUvHFARUwMGBV2MWjmwCAjY4KPL3ozKNpbm-9P_hQYxMDKtMlFqnNZpsVzZ6NDENpIfYfgOkQH7ci3PKQBmY9JB5I3EM1nHfCotQh2BBH_y-OXcX_mN7yEPbBBtqQ90K_5AgM9lsBEIY-vnyRueSQTAUzxM1dcmTfVnTOtq3pqoIFt25pCSlFw8ySvBn6KZLLWEL9LqK7b-O5faNGs3AdjOzzp/dl5/d5/L0lDU0lKSWdrbUEhIS9JRFJBQUlpQ2dBek15cXchLzRKQ2hEb01kdEJnY2huQVZHRUEhL1o3X0tRMjA1STkzMEc5VTEwMlJRQU43SkkzT0UwLzA!/?WCM_PORTLET=PC_Z7_KQ205I930G9U102RQAN7JI3OE0029275_WCM&WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=http://www2.ttconnect.gov.tt/gortt/wcm/connect/gortt+web+content/ttconnect/non-national/topic/travelandtourism/general+information/public+holidays|access-date=4 March 2021|website=Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago}}</ref>
* In the UK outside Scotland, 26 December (unless it is a Sunday) has been a [[bank holiday]] since 1871. When 26 December falls on a Saturday, the associated public holiday is on the following Monday, 28 December. When 26 December falls on a Sunday, the public holiday is the following Tuesday 28 December, with the "substitute day" for Christmas Day being observed on the Monday. The same practice is observed in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.year-planner-calendar.co.uk/2010-public-holidays.htm|title=Year Planner Calendar; 2010 |publisher=hraconsulting-ltd.co.uk |year=2010 |access-date=22 April 2017}}</ref>
* In the British overseas territory of Bermuda, the costumed [[Gombey]] dancers perform throughout the mid-Atlantic island on Boxing Day, a tradition believed to date back to the 18th century, when slaves were permitted to gather at Christmas.<ref>Johnston-Barnes, Owain. [http://royalgazette.com/news/article/20171226/gombeys-dance-on-boxing-day Gombeys dance on Boxing Day], [[The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)|The Royal Gazette]] (26 December 2017). Retrieved 27 December 2017.</ref>
* In [[Massachusetts]], US, Governor [[William F. Weld]] declared in 1996 that every 26 December is Boxing Day, in response to the efforts of a coalition of British citizens to "transport the English tradition to the United States",<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1914&dat=19961224&id=W9QgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7WoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5966,3916623&hl=en "Massachusetts celebrates Boxing Day", Associated Press, ''Sun-Journal'', Lewiston, Maine, 26 December 1996].</ref> but not an employee holiday.<ref>{{cite web|title=Massachusetts Federal and State Holidays 2017|url=https://publicholidays.us/massachusetts/|publisher=Public Holidays Global Pty Ltd|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref> The holiday is otherwise not widely celebrated in the United States.