In case all your Christmas wishes don’t come true, don’t worry — there’s 박싱 데이!

미국에서는, the biggest shopping day of the year is the day after Thanksgiving, a day that’s become known as “검은 금요일.” 캐나다, the major shopping extravaganza is the day after Christmas — 박싱 데이.

December 26, 박싱 데이, is a public holiday in Canada. 당신이 소매에서 일할 경우, 그래도, it’s unlikely that you’ll get the day off, because stores across the country use this holiday to draw in shoppers and move all the merchandise that didn’t sell before Christmas.

Many stores hold big sales that begin on Boxing Day and continue at least through New Year’s Eve. 당신은 쇼핑몰로 곧장 전에, you can check out various sale flyers online at RedFlagDeals.com 또는 SmartCanucks.ca. 그냥 참고 many sales are region-specific, so don’t be fooled by Ontario prices if you live in B.C.

If you’re wondering 여기서 “박싱 데이” name come from, here’s the scoop according to the 캐나다 유산 학부:

크리스마스가 지나고, 세인트의 명절. 스티븐, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day. The term 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.

So what does that have to do with shopping? U.S처럼 아마에 대한 많은. Thanksgiving does…

Happy holidays from 캐나다에서 유학 생활!