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'''Boxing Day''' is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and [[tradesmen]] would receive gifts, known as a "Christmas box", from their bosses or employers.<ref name="(pseud.)1838">{{cite book|author=Parley, Peter (pseud.)|title=Tales about Christmas|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=UVcEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA323|accessdate=26 December 2011|year=1838|pages=323–8}}</ref> Today, Boxing Day is the [[bank holiday]] that generally takes place on 26 December.<!-- Do not expand this in the Lead; it is explained correctly in the sub-section, Date --> It is observed in the United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Kenya, South Africa, Guyana, Norway, France, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago and other Commonwealth nations.
In South Africa, Boxing Day was renamed Day of Goodwill in 1994. In Ireland, Italy and Finland, the day is known as [[St. Stephen's Day]] (Irish: ''Lá Fhéile Stiofáin)'' or the Day of the Wren ({{Lang-ga|Lá an Dreoilín}}). In many European countries, including notably Germany, Poland, the Netherlands <!-- please add only sourced countries/regions --> and those in Scandinavia, 26 December is celebrated as the ''Second Christmas Day''.<ref name="Second Christmas Day">{{cite book|pages=21|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=6w6u6YTsDdcC&pg=PA21|title=Christmas Facts, Figures & Fun: Facts, Figures and Fun|isbn=9781904332275|author1=Brown|first1=Cameron|date=28 August 2006}}</ref>
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