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Boxing Day
節禮日
Boxing Day is a bank holiday or a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and countries in the Commonwealth of Nations with a mainly Christian population. In South Africa this public holiday is now known as the Day of Goodwill. The holiday is not recognized in the United States, It is based on the English tradition of the better off people giving gifts (a “Christmas box”) to less fortunate members of society, from days of estates and the rural economy.
節禮日是以基督徒為主體的英國、澳大利亞、加拿大、新西蘭，以及其他英聯邦國家慶祝的銀行假日或公共假日。在南非,這個公共假日現在被稱為親善節。美國人不過這個節。它是基于富人給窮人禮物(圣誕盒)的英國傳統。這個傳統從農業經濟社會開始。
Boxing Day was traditionally celebrated on December 26, St. Stephen’s Day and the day after Christmas Day. Unlike St. Stephen’s Day, Boxing Day has become a secular holiday and is not always on December 26: its associated public holiday can be moved to the next weekday if December 26 is a Saturday or Sunday. The date of observance of Boxing Day varies between countries. The name derives from the fact that the day was traditionally marked by the giving of Christmas boxes, or gifts, to service workers in the United Kingdom.
節禮日習慣上在12月26日慶祝,那天是圣斯蒂芬節，也是圣誕翌日。跟圣斯蒂芬節不同的是，節禮日已經不再是個宗教節日，而且不總在12月26日那天過:如果12月26日那天正好是星期六或星期天,它可以被推遲至下個工作日過。各國慶祝節禮日的時間各有不同。該節日的名稱來源于英國那天給服務業工人送圣誕盒或禮物的傳統。
In Ireland——when it was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland-the UK’s Bank Holidays Act 1871 established the feast day of St. Stephen’s Day as a non-moveable public holiday on December 26. Since Partition, the name “Boxing Day” is used only by the authorities in Northern Ireland. There Boxing Day is a moveable public holiday in line with the rest of the United Kingdom. In the countries that observe this holiday, December 26 is commonly referred to as Boxing Day and St. Stephen’s Day, no matter what day of the week it occurs. However, in some countries, holidays falling on Saturday or Sunday are often observed on the next weekday. Technically, Boxing Day cannot be on a Sunday-that day being the officially recognised day of worship, so traditionally it was the next working day of the week following Christmas Day (i.e. any day from Monday to Saturday).
當愛爾蘭還是大不列顛和愛爾蘭聯合王國的一部分時，英國的 《1874年銀行假日法案》將12月26日的圣斯蒂芬節作為不可調的公共假日分治后，只有北愛爾蘭當局使用“節禮日”這一名稱。節禮在英聯邦其他地方都是可調動的節日。在慶祝這個節日的國家,無論它在哪一天過，12月26日經常被認為是節禮日和圣斯蒂芬節。然而,在一些國家，如果那天正好是星期六或星期天,那么將調到下個工作日慶祝。從技術上講，節禮日不能在星期天過——因為那天是官方禮拜日，因此，傳統上在圣誕節后下一周的工作日內過(即從星期一至星期六里的任何一天)。
If Boxing Day falls on a Saturday, then Monday December 28 is declared a bank or public holiday. In the United Kingdom and some other countries, this is accomplished by Royal Proclamation. In some Canadian provinces, Boxing Day is a statutory holiday that is always celebrated on 26 December. As with most statutory holidays in Canada, if it falls on a Saturday or Sunday, compensation days are given in the following week.
如果節禮日那天是星期六，那么12月28日星期一就被宣布為銀行假日或公共假日在英國和其他一些國家，這是由皇家公告完成的。在加拿大的部分省份，節禮日法定在12月26日慶祝》跟加拿大其他法定假日一樣，如果那天剛好是星期六或星期日，那么將于下周。
If Boxing Day falls on a Sunday in countries where it is a bank or public holiday, the Statutory Holiday is moved to Monday December 27. In that event, Christmas Day would be on a Saturday, so Tuesday December 28 would be declared k holiday in its stead, that being the next available working day-thus the Boxing Day holiday occurs before the substitute Christmas holiday.
在將節禮日當做銀行假日或公共假日的國家,如果那天是星期天,那么法定假日就移到12月27日星期一。在這種情況下,圣誕節是星期六,因此12月28日星期二將用來補圣誕節的假這樣節禮日在圣誕節的補假前過。
If Christmas Day falls on a Sunday, then Boxing Day is on Monday December 26, and no Royal Proclamation is required. In such a circumstance, a substitute bank holiday in the place of Christmas Day, is declared for Tuesday December 27，again with the Boxing Day holiday occurring before the substitute Christmas holiday.
如果圣誕節適逢星期日，那么12月26日星期一就是節禮日，不必發表皇家公告。在這種情況下,代替圣誕節的假日被定在12月27日星期二,節禮日再次在圣誕節的補假前度過。
In recent times this tradition has been either forgotten or ignored. Most people consider December 26 to be Boxing Day even when it falls on a Sunday.
近代這一傳統已經被人遺忘或忽視了。大多數人認為12月26日是節禮日，即使那天是星期天。
Although the same legislation—the Bank Holidays Act i577—originally established the bank holidays throughout the United Kingdom, the day after Christmas was defined as Boxing Day in England and Wales, and the feast day of St. Stephen’s Day in Ireland.
雖然全英聯邦的銀行假日都是同一部法令1871年銀行假日法案》確定的,圣誕節翌日在英國和威爾士被定為節禮日，在愛爾蘭被定為圣斯蒂芬節。
The Banking and Financial Dealings Act of 1971 established “Boxing Day” as a public holiday in Scotland. In the Australian state of South Australia, December 26 is a public holiday known as Proclamation Day.
《1971年銀行和金融交易法》將節禮日定為蘇格蘭公共假日。在澳大利亞的南澳大利亞州，12月26日被定為公共假日，亦稱公告節。
