Boxing Day , or the second day of Christmas , is celebrated mainly in the UK and in a few other countries such as Canada , Australia , South Africa and New Zealand . It all happens on December 26th which is when the rich used to box up gifts to give to the poor . It is also a popular holiday in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries for watching sports such as soccer and cricket , and to go shopping . Boxing Day reductions . It is a tradition that all top-tier football leagues in England , Scotland and Northern Ireland hold a full programme of football patches on Boxing Day .
Typically , Boxing Day is much more informal than Christmas , so casual . Regarding food , the most served dishes are roasted potato , turkey , sausage and stuffing pie . Some buffet ideas are posh sausage roll , Boxing Day toastie , turkey and ham raised pie , Baileys tiramisu , posh yule log , etc .
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