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I know that Canada is a Royal nation under the crown. Why they didn't kick the British out when we did is a mystery to me. I know it is cold as hell there. I have been told that people there speak French and English sort of like people here speak Spanish and English. I have seen where they think 35 degrees in July is hot. That tells you all you need to know about how cold it is there. I am surprised they actually drive on the right side of the street because most crown nations do not. So I guess they are learning. No, I have not been there (yet anyway).
Canada is part of the commonwealth yes, just like Australia and many other nations that were former British colony.
Most of Canada do have cold to very cold winter weather, but parts of southwestern Canada (British Columbia) has mild winters with very little snowfall, and often rain. More than 80% of Canadians live within 100 miles of U.S. border, and southern parts of the nation has warm to hot summers.
English and French are official languages in Canada. In America, only around 10% speak Spanish and no states have Spanish as official language, so it's not the same as the French language in Canada.
Canada, like all other nations in the world uses the metric system, and degrees Celsius. Our nation is behind everyone else unfortunately.
A hundred-mile border zone isn't completely comprehensive, though. As a kid, in the early days of cable TV, we had three channels in addition to the broadcast network affiliates: a local independent station, one out of Portland, and CBC Vancouver. I and all my little friends lived several hundred miles from the BC border, but we absorbed a fair bit of Canadian culture all the same, eh?
I was in that same situation. I grew up about 50 miles from the Canadian Border. When I was in the 5th and 6th grade we had a basic four channel cable TV service, ABC, CBS, NBC and CBC. All of the educational programs I watched were from the Canadian channel. Pretty much every thing I knew about Canada I leaned from the Canadian version of Sesame Street, and similar programs. I thought I leaned quite a bit about Canada from these programs. But it wasn't until I visited Canada as an adult, that I leaned just how little I knew about Canada. I might was well have grown up next to the Berlin Wall.
I think it's a pretty fair statement to say that most average Americans, know just about zero about Canada. Most Americans probably don't even have one Canadian channel on their cable TV line up. For that matter are any Canadian channels even available on US cables systems these days? I believe most of them got bumped off in the 1980s to free up space for additional American cable TV networks.
Where? I have never seen any malls close down for Easter.
All malls are closed on Easter, thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Only in some big cities like New York, malls are open half day on Easter Sunday (some are closed).
Canada is bilingual at federal level, but not provincial (state).
Road signs in Quebec are French only. Road signs in New Brunswick are bilingual, rest of Canada is English.
Road signs at federal highways are bilingual. Package labels are bilingual.
December 26, commonly called for 'Boxing Day', 'St. Stephen's Day', or 'Second day of Christmas' is a national holiday in most of the western world, such as in Europe, Canada, the UK, Australia, etc. but not in the U.S. yet.
Should Dec 26 become a federal holiday?
Of course it should be a holiday. What kind of a moron would vote against another holiday?
All malls are closed on Easter, thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Only in some big cities like New York, malls are open half day on Easter Sunday (some are closed).
Where do you live?
I've lived in most of the western states. Maybe it's more common then I thought. I've just never noticed malls closing on Easter.
I've lived in most of the western states. Maybe it's more common then I thought. I've just never noticed malls closing on Easter.
No, ALL malls are closed on Easter Sunday. Very few malls, such as those in big cities like New York are open for limited hours only. Easter is not regular day in the U.S.
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