Boxing Day :

popular term applied to December 26 in England, Wales, parts of Canada, and in some other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. Traditionally, on that day the employers would give presents, generally of money, to servants, tradespeople, and itinerants. These presents came to be known as Christmas boxes. In rural parts of England and Wales, it was traditional for small boys to capture a robin and take it in a box from house to house, asking for alms. Boxing Day is a legal bank holiday.