Boxing Day

noun

: the first weekday after Christmas observed as a legal holiday in parts of the Commonwealth of Nations and marked by the giving of Christmas boxes to service workers (such as postal workers)

Word History

First Known Use

1743, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

Boxing Day

noun

Box·​ing Day

ˈbäk-siŋ-

: the first weekday after Christmas observed as a legal holiday in parts of the Commonwealth of Nations and celebrated by the giving of Christmas gifts in boxes (as to postal workers)