A live countdown to Boxing Day — it falls on December 26. See the days remaining plus a running hours, minutes and seconds timer, free and entirely in your browser.
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Boxing Day falls on December 26 every year.
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How many days until Boxing Day?
Boxing Day falls on December 26, so the countdown above rolls over to next year automatically the moment this year's Boxing Day passes — it will never show a negative number.
The big number is the count of whole days from today until Boxing Day. The live timer beneath it ticks down the remaining hours, minutes and seconds in your local time zone, so it stays accurate wherever you are.
How the date is worked out
Boxing Day is fixed at December 26, the day after Christmas and a public holiday across the UK and much of the Commonwealth.
Boxing Day falls on December 26 every year. The counter at the top of the page shows the exact number of days until the next December 26, updated live. Below it, a timer counts down the remaining hours, minutes and seconds.
What day of the week is Boxing Day this year?
Boxing Day falls on December 26 every year. The weekday therefore changes from year to year. The date line under the headline shows the full weekday and date of the upcoming Boxing Day, calculated automatically from your device clock.
Does the countdown reset after Boxing Day?
The Boxing Day countdown resets automatically. As soon as Boxing Day has passed, the timer switches to next year's date, so the figure on screen is always the time until the next Boxing Day. It never counts up and never shows a negative number, and the year label beside the headline updates to the new target year.
Which countries observe Boxing Day?
Boxing Day is a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and much of the Commonwealth, but it is not observed in the United States. In several European countries December 26 is kept instead as St Stephen's Day. The name is generally traced to the boxes of money and food given to servants and tradespeople on the day after Christmas. When December 26 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the UK bank holiday moves to the next working day.