Ranar Boxing Day, wacce akewa ranar 26 ga Disamba, ana tarihin da aka saba da shi a manyan ƙasashe na duniya. Ko da yake asalin ranar ba a san shi ba, ana zaton cewa ya fito ne daga Ingila ta Victorian, a lokacin mulkin Queen Victoria. A wancan lokacin, mutanen masu kudin duniya suna baiwa ma’aikatan su na gida kyauta a cikin ‘boxes’ kafin su tafi gida zuwa ga iyalansu.
A cikin wasu sassan Turai, ranar Boxing Day ana kiranta da ‘Ranar St. Stephan’, wanda aka sanya masa sunan farkon shahidi na Kiristanci, St. Stephan, wanda aka sani da taimakon da yake bayarwa ga talakawa. A yanzu, ranar ta zama ranar banki a Ingila, Kanada, New Zealand, da Australia. A Afirka ta Kudu, ana kiranta da ‘Ranar Nasiha’.
Ranar Boxing Day ta zama muhimmiyar ranar wasanni, musamman a wasannin kriket da kwallon kafa. A Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Australia ta ke gudanar da wasan kriket na shekara-shekara a ranar Boxing Day, wanda ya fara a shekarar 1975. A Afirka ta Kudu, wasan kriket kuma ake gudanarwa a ranar Boxing Day, inda a yanzu haka za su fafata da Pakistan a Supersport Park a Centurion.
A Ingila, ranar Boxing Day ta zama ranar da ake gudanar da wasannin kwallon kafa na Premier League. An fara gudanar da wasannin kwallon kafa a ranar Boxing Day tun a shekarar 1860, kuma an ci gaba da yin haka har zuwa yau. Wasannin kwallon kafa a ranar Boxing Day sun zama abin al’ada na shekara-shekara, inda ake gudanar da wasannin da yawa a ranar.
Baya ga wasanni, ranar Boxing Day ta zama ranar shagalin kasuwanci, inda manyan dillalai ke bayar da riba kwarai. A yau, ranar ta zama abin al’ada na zamantakewa, inda mutane ke taruwa don cin abinci, kallon wasanni, da shagale-shagale.
