Today is the feast of St. Stephens, otherwise known as Boxing Day in commonwealth or former commonwealth countries. In the U.S. it's simply known as the day after Christmas.

Here it's a major holiday more or less on par with the day before.  It has its origins in British social class, where you gave gifts to equals on Christmas, but gave them to lessers on the following day. Receiving a gift on St. Stephens Day would certainly be ego-deflating, as it would mark you as a peasant or serf. 

Anyway - in Australia, it's more famous as the day the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race starts. We might go up to the top of the escarpment a bit later to watch them all sail by.