Originally Posted by Magnus3X

We actually celebrate Thanksgiving during the Fall harvest, which makes sense, as apposed to the start of the winter.

My wife worked for one of the finer hotels downtown Toronto and she had to work Christmas day one year, that be the 25th for all those curious. Anyway she said she had an American woman come up to her all pissed off throwing a tantrum cuz all the "god damned" stores were closed and she wanted to go shopping, so my wife kindly explained that it was Christman Day and yes that everything was more than likely closed. Her reply was oh I had no idea you Canadians celebrated Xmas on the same day.

I worked in a Ski resort town in the rockies for 5 years don't get me started on tourist questions.