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babsi Oct 2nd 2008 2:03 am
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Last year, we went out with some of my husband's friends that were visiting and went to a Chinese restaurant. All of the Eaton Centre was open.

Won't do much this year, probably just go out and have something to eat, not a big deal to either of us.

Souvenir Oct 2nd 2008 2:15 am
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Originally Posted by iaink (Post 6838934)
Christmas without the commercialism is a great way to look at it. Most stores wont be open.
Depends where you are. From what I can see, pretty much everything in QC will be open. There will be regional differences. For example, IKEA in Ontario will be shut, the ones in QC, BC and AB will be open.

dbd33 Oct 2nd 2008 2:18 am
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Originally Posted by babsi (Post 6838953)
Won't do much this year, probably just go out and have something to eat, not a big deal to either of us.
Canadian Thanksgiving means nothing to me. We open the office. Some years we do close on Thanksgiving as people around the world are aware of it but Canadian Thanksgiving is pretty obscure, it'd be like explaining that we close for the Festival of the Spoons.

When is it?

Zoe Bell Oct 2nd 2008 2:24 am
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October 13th

Souvenir Oct 2nd 2008 2:25 am
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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 6838985)
Canadian Thanksgiving means nothing to me. We open the office. Some years we do close on Thanksgiving as people around the world are aware of it but Canadian Thanksgiving is pretty obscure, it'd be like explaining that we close for the Festival of the Spoons.

When is it?
Week on Tuesday.

dbd33 Oct 2nd 2008 2:26 am
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Originally Posted by Zoe Bell (Post 6838994)
October 13th
Thanks.

Cookie Oct 2nd 2008 2:31 am
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All the local stores here close for the day so that its kept as a traditional family/friends day.

However, we are flying to TO on Friday 10th to spend Thanksgiving weekend with friends in Caledonia. Before we fly back to Halifax, we are spending our last day/night in TO so I can get as much retail therapy as I can fit in before meeting up downtown for supper with friends travelling in from Scarborough.

Haven't seen either set of friends since 2004 so am feeling pretty excited :thumbsup:

Souvenir Oct 2nd 2008 2:32 am
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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 6839001)
Thanks.
Be warned that the LCBO and Beer Store will probably be shut.

dbd33 Oct 2nd 2008 2:34 am
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Originally Posted by Souvenir (Post 6839013)
Be warned that the LCBO and Beer Store will probably be shut.
That's not usually an issue on Mondays.

Souvenir Oct 2nd 2008 2:39 am
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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 6839015)
That's not usually an issue on Mondays.
Perhaps not. I do now recall getting caught out on Thanksgiving in 2001. I went to buy some wine for the dinner and couldn't.

Novocastrian Oct 2nd 2008 2:53 am
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Originally Posted by iaink (Post 6838934)
Christmas without the commercialism is a great way to look at it.
Or Christmas without quite so much commercialism.

startwin Oct 2nd 2008 3:09 am
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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 6838985)
Canadian Thanksgiving means nothing to me. We open the office. Some years we do close on Thanksgiving as people around the world are aware of it but Canadian Thanksgiving is pretty obscure, it'd be like explaining that we close for the Festival of the Spoons.

When is it?
It means nothing because you don't like Canada. Never mind.

iaink Oct 2nd 2008 3:23 am
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Originally Posted by Souvenir (Post 6838996)
Week on Tuesday.
Week on Monday

Souvenir Oct 2nd 2008 3:25 am
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Originally Posted by iaink (Post 6839149)
Week on Monday
Oops. Sorry. I've got a meeting with my boss on the Tuesday and it was fixed in my mind.

dbd33 Oct 2nd 2008 4:09 am
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Originally Posted by startwin (Post 6839099)
It means nothing because you don't like Canada. Never mind.
Not because I don't like it but because I don't pretend to have a connection with it.


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