Every year, the UK observes  Christmas Day and Boxing Day as bank holidays, with the latter marked as an additional bank holiday in Scotland since 1974.

December 26, which falls on a Thursday this year, is often a huge day in the retail calendar, with many shops offering Boxing Day sales.

Some high street chains that don’t launch huge discounts across their stock still welcome customers back after December 25, but there’s no blanket rule in the UK. Next, one of the biggest Boxing Day sales…