St. Stephen's Day (Boxing Day)

Date 2009	December 26
Date 2010	December 26
Date 2011	December 26
Significance	The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr. The term 'Boxing Day' may come from the opening of church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters' clients. In Greece is known as Gathering of the Virgin's Entourage