Boxing Day what is / يوم الصناديق ماهو ولماذا يحتفلون به

يوم الصناديق يوم الاحتفال بالنسبة للدول التي تتكلم الانجليزية فما هو / What is Boxing Dat 

 

يوم الصناديق (بالإنجليزية: Boxing Day) (تنطق بوكسينج داي) يوم عطلة رسمية يحتفل به في المملكة المتحدة وكل الدول الناطقة بالإنجليزية باستثناء الولايات المتحدة ومعظم دول الكومنولث، يحتفل به في 26 ديسمبر من كل عام غداة عيد الميلاد، ويعرف أيضاً بعيد القديس ستيفن ظهر في إنجلترا خلال العصور الوسطى.
يُعتبر العيد في إنجلترا واحداً من الأعياد المعترف بها عام 1871  هناك تباين في النظريات حول أصل التسمية، وأكثرها شيوعاً هو أن التسمية جاءت لأنه في الزمن البعيد كانت الكنائس تضع صناديق في الخارج لجمع الهدايا للمحتاجين

في هذا اليوم يتم فيه توزيع الهدايا على الفقراء والمساكين والمحتاجين لها في كل دول الكومنولث كما هو شائع انه يوم القديس ولكن هذا العيد لايلقى ترحيب ولا يحتفل ب يوم الصناديق في امريكا  

In English : 

Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated on the day after Christmas Day. It originated in the United Kingdom, and is celebrated in a number of countries that previously formed part of the British Empire. Boxing Day is on 26 December, although the attached bank holiday or public holiday may take place either on that day or two days later.

In the liturgical calendar of Western Christianity, Boxing Day is the second day of Christmastide,^[1] and also St. Stephen's Day.^[2] It is also celebrated as Saint Stephen Day in the Catalonia region of Spain.^[3] In some European countries, such as Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia, 26 December is celebrated as a Second Christmas Day
Boxing Day is a secular holiday that is traditionally celebrated on 26 December, the day after Christmas Day. 26 December is also St. Stephen's Day, a religious holiday.^[11][12][13]
In the UK, Boxing Day is a bank holiday (in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since 1871). When 26 December falls on a Saturday, the Boxing Day public holiday is moved to the substitute day, which is the following Monday. If 26 December falls on a Sunday, the substitute public holiday is the following Tuesday.^[14] As Boxing Day was traditionally the first week day (historically Monday–Saturday) after Christmas, it cannot technically be on a Sunday as that is considered to be the day of worship. However, 26 December is nowadays generally referred to as Boxing Day, even when it falls on the Sunday.
In Scotland, Boxing Day has been specified as an additional bank holiday since 1974,^[15] by Royal Proclamation under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.^[16]
In Ireland – when the island as a whole was part of the United Kingdom – the Bank Holidays Act 1871 established the feast day of St. Stephen as a non-movable public holiday on 26 December.^[17] Following partition in 1920, Northern Ireland reverted to the British name, Boxing Day.
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