26 December, the day the household boxes of leftovers and gifts once went to servants and tradesmen. Now the day of sport, the sales, and the second sitting of Christmas dinner.
26 December, the day after Christmas. St Stephen's Day in the church calendar and in Ireland.
The Phala almanac gives the exact day for your own city; the lunar and solar rules above are what it computes from.
The name is from the boxes: of leftovers, of money, of gifts, given to servants, tradesmen and the poor on the day after the household had its own Christmas.
It kept the shape of a second day off long after the boxes stopped, and in much of Europe the 26th is simply the second day of Christmas.
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