Boxing Day is not a competition. It is a public holiday in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other Commonwealth countries.
Boxing Day is not a public holiday in the Philippines, but it is known as a special non-working day for many people.
About 226,000 people.
150,000 people died in the tsunami
The British and people of many other nations call it "Boxing Day". For countries that do not recognise "Boxing Day", it is commonly referred to as either St Stephen's Day or the Second Day of Christmas.
Boxing day is when people left boxes of gifts for the homeless.
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It is estimated that around 230,000 people lost their lives in Indonesia as a result of the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004.
It is estimated that around 150 British citizens died in the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004.
people donate their time, service and money to the people in need on Boxing Day.
You can donate your time, service and money to the people in need on Boxing day
The Boxing Day tsunami impacted hundreds of miles of coastline in over a dozen countries. People were taken to many different hospitals.
Many people in the service industry and for many years, only had Christmas day as a holiday and were back at work the following day. Many of their customers would then give them their Christmas present or Christmas box on this day. Which subsequently was called boxing day.