Originally Posted by
gglave
Even in English Canada, Canadian Thanksgiving simply isn't the big deal it is in the USA.
Sure, we might cook a turkey and get together, but then again we might do that on any Sunday, and we might just as easily head out of town for a long weekend in Seattle (or wherever). Certainly nobody I know 'flies home for Thangsgiving' in Canada. Families come home for Christmas, not Thanksgiving, and the big shopping day is Boxing Day.
I wonder if Orthodox Christians have any celebrations like those of Western Rite. Just occurred to me they could get great deals on presents just because their advent starts so much later. Canadians shop on Boxing Day? I thought that was when gifts get returned. Another thing specific to US culture, I guess.