Canadian here and one of my favourite things that people are confused about it is saying thank you to our bus drivers/public transit people. We'll be exiting the back of the bus and almost every person yells thank you to the bus driver. We're just very polite 😂
I’m not sure how it is for anyone else but as a Canadian I was always taught that Thanksgiving was meant to celebrate the harvest season, which is why it takes place in early October as harvest season is ending.
I've always windered why Americans don't take their shoes off in the house. My mother woupd have killed me if I did that. They must have really dirty floors or something.
I grew up in Canada and moved to Scotland when I was 28. Trust me... The winters in Scotland are not even on the same level of cold. So yes whilst a Scot wearing shorts isn't unusual to see in the winter, it's not really the same level of insanity as a Canadian doing it.
I’m a Canadian who lived in Scotland for one year and watching the Scots react to a couple of cm of snow. The whole city basically shut down and even in 10 deg. weather friends would dress up in the warmest and thickest jackets.
Chips or crisps? In Canada we call them chips. However when it comes to french fries, we call them fries, unless you are having fish. They become fish and chips.
you guys forget that we are descendants of Irish/Scotts and English immigrants primarily . Depending on where you live we say it all. where im from in Northern Ontario we dont say chips, we do call them crips and we refer to pop as soda more than we call it pop. Drive 6 Hours south towards Toronto and its totally different, they say chips and pop
My mother is a retired Canada post worker. A lot of the volunteers are postal workers doing the letters in their evenings. She still volunteers to this day, the kids letters start coming in late October/early November and she’ll do thousands of them right up until Christmas every year. It really is quite amazing.
I believe all of the volunteers are either retired or working Canada Post employees. It's one of the requirements. Which is sad because I'd love to do it.
@@caitlinbod7596 I think what they were saying is that you're only allowed to volunteer if you're a current or former employee, not that employees are required to "volunteer".
I can confirm in Scotland I found people saying sorry as much as in Canada. It made my heart smile to think this might have been passed down from my Scottish ancestors.
Almost everyone in the Maritime provinces of Canada is of either Scottish or Irish descent, including myself. Living in Nova Scotia (New Scotland) there are lots of similarities in culture passed down I think. ❤
There’s one thing people who have never experienced -30 and colder are aware of. That level of cold changes the sound outside. It’s very hard to explain what cold sounds like, but it’s like nothing ever heard aside from frigid cold. Unfortunately, the sound cannot be picked up on video. It’s eerie & fascinating.
It's because the cold causes sound waves to move slower and snow absorbs a lot of the sound. Snow also absorbs a lot of cold so just be glad if there's snow as a dry winter is MUCH colder and dangerous.
I lived I Japan for years. I snow shovelled in a T-shirt and mittens. I had a weird shovelling technique because I shovelled right to the ground and threw the snow far, while the Japanese just pushed it aside. People gathered around and kept asking “what are you!?” like I was some sort of freak.
As a Canadian, you are trained to throw the snow as far as you can because inevitably you will end up having to just shovel it again if you don't get it right out of the way before the next dump of snow.
In school, at least back in the 70s, we were taught the anthem in both French & English at the same time. To this day I don't know the whole thing in one language lol
Same. I learned it in French first, which was the original language in which the anthem was written. I switch back and forth, just as we were taught to do in elementary school.
55yrs in Canada from Scotland. I now live in New Brunswick which is bilingual and never heard the French version or I just blocked it out not sure, I grew up in Vancouver so it was so multi cultural that I blocked alot of languages 😅 haha ❤
As one of Santa’s official Elves with Canada Post for many years (now retired) I can assure you that you will get a response from Santa if you write him: regardless of your language or where you live! Santa is indeed multilingual! Just send your letters addressed as follows: Santa Claus, North Pole, Canada H0H 0H0
Have you ever ordered a “Bloody Caesar” and not been asked ‘What country are you from?’ It’s a Caesar. A Caesar. Just a Caesar. Occasionally a “Rimmed Caesar”. No bloody bloody.
Clam broth and tomato juice actually goes well together for the same reason most seafood and tomatoes go well together. The salty, briny taste of the clam juice compliments the tomato juice exceptionally well.
I used to bike to school everyday even during the winter lmao only times I couldn’t bike when it was snowing all day and theres like knee deep snow and I still had to goto school. Ahh the good ole days😂
I was in my local Home Depot today. I went into the Garden Centre looking for herbicide. As we are in the fall here the centre was about 2/3 empty with no staff in sight. I did a u-turn with my cart and was not watching where I went and I almost bumped into a cart with a big box in it. I immediately said "sorry" only to find that there was no one pushing the other cart. I had apologized to an empty cart, which I hadn't even actually hit!
Back when I was a smoker I was outside of a bar in the winter having a smoke near the curb and was very paranoid about getting my smoke in non-smoking peoples faces so I would look over my shoulder often. Looked over my shoulder one time and saw a black figure moving near me and said "Oop, sorry" and moved out of the way while lifting my cig high in the air away from the approaching people... It was just the shadow of a Canadian flag above the bar I said sorry to. I've never once felt more Canadian.
I have literally apologized to my coffee table after running into it with my shin. I believe the exact words I uttered were “Sh!t! Sorry!” It’s pretty much an automatic unconscious response that just pops out of my mouth if I bump into something when I clearly haven’t been paying attention to my surroundings. 🤣
The milk bags were a staple in my house when growing up. It was much more cost effective to get the larger amounts. But you NEVER pour them into the jugs!! What were those people thinking?? Hahahahaha! Once emptied, they were washed, cut open at the top and used as freezer bags. (in our home at least). As for "sorry", yes it's an apology, but we also use the word to mean "excuse me" or "pardon me",
Another use for the milk bags, was to keep feet warm and prevent frost bite for children on excursions in winter. The schools would not allow children to participate in the outing unless they wore milk bags in their boots. Not sure how long this lasted, but the kids never complained of cold feet.
I'm a native canadian from the old people and funny thing : I had a work collegue from Africa who saw snow for the first time. He was like "What we're gonna do?!?! We will drown in snow!!! We can't go anywhere anymore!!!" with a panicking tone. There was barely 3 inches of snow 😂 He was always wearing like 2 snow suits, 2 pair of gloves, 2 hat at the same time lol I was often outside smoking with a t-shirt at minus 25 and he was "WHAT YOU'RE DOING?!?! YOU'RE GONNA DIE!!!!" God he was so funny 😂😂 He even thought he had to buy foods ONE TIME before winter and wish to have enough hahaha Edit : in summer, I can't go under the sun for too long, I loose all my strenght and I can pass out. I LOVE cold so I am now a forklift operator in a giant freezer with a lil coat and a baseball hat 😂
I have the same problem in summer that I have no energy from the heat and feel like I’ll pass out but when winter comes and feel the cold wind I start feeling more alive and full of energy.
@@Raven-ep6pq welcome to the club! Fun fact : I can't sleep at night, only during the day it's weird. I'm an inverted human lol darkness and cold makes me happy. So I'm a nightworker in a freezer 😅
I sleep between 5am till 8am as I’m getting older the sleep is much less then when I was a lad. Some have told me the older you get the less sleep you need. My grandma at 80 years old was sleeping 2 hours a day and it seem I’m heading in the same way. We seem to have the same kind of life since I also love the dark and night is such the best time to read and learn something since most people are sleeping and less noise that you really can enjoy a good read.
@@adammckenzie6074 yeah! Everyone is wearing a space suit to work in the freezer at -28 celcius. I just have cargo pants, a light battery heating jacket, fingerless gloves and a baseball cap. Got paid over 27$/h with the freezer bonus 😎 Frost is my life lol I'm from Québec too, winters are the best 🤘
Sorry if this has been addressed. I'm a little late to the video. This may happen in other pats of Canada where milk comes in a bag, but I have never seen anyone pour the milk out of the bag into the container. The correct way to do it is to put the bag into the container, slam it down on the counter so that the bag reaches the bottom, and then cut the corner (and pray you don't cut it too big). You then pour the milk into your tea, or your cereal, or whatever. However, drinking the last bit straight from the bag is the only real way to empty it. Again, sorry if this was already mentioned. :)
I live in Alberta & we have not had milk in bags since I was 10 years old or so. I am now 53. We have had cartons & plastic jugs for a long time. I didn't even realize that anyone still buys their milk in bags. lol :-)
Your description of the process is exactly how it's done 👍🏼 that slam is important lol. There's nothing worse than a milk bag that isn't set in the bottom properly - that saggy bag fold-over thing they do is the worst because when you're done pouring the milk keeps going lol. The guy holding the open bag of milk was so uncomfortable to watch haha.
@mj6290 you are so Canadian for apologizing for you comment possibly being redundant 😊. You described how to properly insert the bag complete with the slam!😂
the bag for milk is a regional thing. present more in the GTO it seems & almost unseen in the prairies. We did have bags for a while in the 80's, I think :}
@@MsBluebotyea I’m glad he said it’s not seen everywhere in Canada. It annoys me when videos think all of Canada knows about this weird bagged milk lol. I’m from Alberta and wouldn’t know about it if it wasn’t for these videos.
10 - We also have All Dressed chips, which contain a little bit of everything, just like Canada ;) 9 - There are more people of Scottish decent in Canada than in Scotland itself - you'll see kilts and bagpipes at public ceremonies quite often. 8 - We wanted to call the Toonie 'The Queen with the Bear Behind' 7 - If you couldn't tell by the Ketchup Chips, we REALLY like tomatoes up here. 6 - We'll walk 500 miles for a case of beer - delivering a letter to the North Pole in shorts is no problem. 5 - There's a plan afoot to have Cuba join Canada one day - so we can have America surrounded ;) 4 - We legalized Marijuana in October - the same month as Thanksgiving and Halloween. 3 - Much like the Hawaiians, who have the same word for hello and goodbye, 'sorry' is just like saying hello up here. 2 - You only cut the corner too much ONCE. 1 - In the East Coast province of New Brunswick, there are several hybrid dialects, with more Francais mixed-in the further nord you go. The unofficial procincial motto is 'Worry Pas' :)
Sadly, when I lived in ON from '92 to '95, your #2 didn't apply to me :/ To try and get it right, I'd end up cutting it too small and when I went to correct it on those occasions, usually ended up cutting it too big again. Thank gawd for cartons and jugs in SK lol.
I’ve answered many Santa letters, throughout my years working for CP. Its the employees that answer them on their spare time. I’ve enjoyed reading and answering hundreds of letters. 😊
Canadian from Ottawa here 😊 To answer your question about if we eat big meals from thanksgiving through Christmas, the answer is no. There are 2 more special days in between (Halloween and Remembrance Day) so there is a break between the two. Thanks for learning about the great white North! 😁🇨🇦
Depends where you're too. In Newfoundland and Labrador, Jiggs Dinner was a common staple on sundays. basically Thanksgiving/Xmas Dinner every sunday. had to do with our isolation. now about every 3 months my family will have a Jiggs dinner
@@ShadowDragon246 I’ll come where you’re at! How can I forget Jiggs?!? Sorry, yes. Just thinking more that it isn’t a continuous holiday season. Thanks for the reminder!
After having a Caesar (Clamato juice and Vodka), you'll never go back to tomato juice. It's soooo much better! Also, we coat the rim of the glass with celery salt, and we often add edibles to our Caesar cocktail. These could be the following; a celery stalk, a pickle spear, a pickled bean or a pickled carrot. So you get to snack while you drink. 😊
1. I know people who ski in shorts! They are constantly too hot, so for them it's comfortable. 2. Clamato is amazing. It's used to make ceasars (alcohol beverage) and it's super common. 3. Thanksgiving is tradition. It's basically about spending time with family and sharing a traditional thanksgiving meal (at least for my family). I like that it's not too close to Christmas. I prefer family holidays to be spread accross the year. 4. Bagged milk is convenient and a better deal in my opinion. 5. Yes, the anthem is sang in both languages in the same song. Canada is a huge country. I'm sure there are some things that East Canadians do that West Canadians have no idea about. I'm not sure also if french is that common in the West. There is only one officially bilingual province : New-Brunswick. There is only one province with french as their official language : Quebec.
Truth. Cuba is beautiful and extremely safe, unlike a lot of the other southern vacation spots in this part of the world. I’d feel unsafe in Florida but the 2 times I was in Cuba it was lovely. The people are amazing.
Ok... I'm Canadian and started laughing with the ketchup chips. It is the flavor of fries with LOTS of ketchup. Now, I feel like I want a snack... as I turn to grab my bag of ketchup chips. Really. 😂 Thanksgiving, I was brought up to understand its a celebration of harvest. We harvest by October because by November we are knee deep in snow. 😊
Don't forget Hickory Sticks! 😊 I had American friends who would come to Canada every year. They always bought boxes of chocolate bars, mostly Eatmore, Sweet Marie and others lol I remember going south of the border for a visit; someone asked for a lighter, handed them my Bic. It wouldn't light for them so I jokingly told them they had to say Eh first. They did, and it worked! 😊 Serendipitous humor
Big Thanksgiving, and thanks 🙏 to the First Peoples of this land we have this tradition. We’re farther north than the US so our harvest is earlier in the year.
Clamato juice and beer mixed together is also another favourite! At least in northern BC it is:) lol. It's very refreshing. We also play volleyball on snowshoes outside in a tournament in the winter. Gotta love our country💜
I'm 26 now, but for most of my childhood I can recall writing to Santa and ALWAYS getting a response. It was always very exciting! Love my country & the extra steps we take to create magic (see our passports and bills too)! Also, nearly everyone I know celebrates thanksgiving, predominantly drinks caesars only in the summer (cold soup to cool off?), and I believe it is mainly Ontario, Quebec, and the maritimes who use milk bags. We also definitely had to sing in both languages at school! Lastly, just wanted to say, after visiting Scotland last year and now aspiring to move to Edinburgh, one huge draw for me is the comfort of how often people apologize and how polite and kind people are there like you said! I'd say Canadians, the Scottish and the Irish are kindred spirits in this way. Thanks for taking the time to learn this quirky things things about the great white north and sharing it! Cheers :)
Thanksgiving is originally from Canada. It started in the 1500s, but it is not as celebrated as it is in the US. It is celebrated in Canada at the beginning of October and is on the second Monday. The US is of the last Thursday, I believe. One thing they forgot, Canadians are the only people confused for Americans. It is something we hate, and we tell everyone who will listen that we are Canadian. We do not like to be confused for Americans. That is probably one reason Cuba is such a holiday destination. With no Americans, no one will confuse us to be anything safe Canadian.😊
True, Canadian Thanksgiving ( the older event) is not as OVER celebrated as is done in the USA's(commemorating a highly fictionalized, idealized event) almost 2 months after ours and only 1 month (way too close) before Christmas, which most Canadians do celebrate in a big way.We celebrate it as a Harvest festival when it's actually harvest time,not when it's practically Winter!
Oh goodness me…getting called American when traveling - especially in the UK and Europe drove me BONKERS! I’m sure steam was pouring out both ears! I started wearing a bigger Canadian flag “patch”, because My family and I continued to be mistaken for Americans. I guess my Canadian pin wasn’t noticed, even though I wore it on the front of my coat. I finally had to explain to them…”You wouldn’t appreciate it if I called you English in Ireland or Scotland, and vice versa. This seemed to get my point across! It is wonderful to visit Holland, as the Dutch first ask if you’re Canadian. So many Canucks visit the Netherlands and enjoy it immensely! Most first ask if you’re Canadian…a REFRESHING welcome!!! Yet, whenever I visit the US, I NEVER get confused for an American! It’s not so much our so-called “accent”. Rather, it’s our POLITE nature…and we frequently give ourselves away, by our frequent, inherent apology…”SORRY!”🇨🇦☺🇨🇦
Thanksgiving in Canada takes place at a different time than it does in the US because is intended to coincide with the harvest season, unlike the US version of Thanksgiving, which is timed to coincide with a couple of football games.
Funny, I’ve never been confused for a Yank. When I was in Panama I met a lovely elderly English couple at the bar in the resort, and after chatting a bit, they asked if I was Scottish. On the return home I had a 48 hour layover in Vegas and when chatting with a ticket booth lady to buy tickets for a show she asked me if I was Irish. Anglos thing we’re Scots. Yanks think we’re Irish. 1. Nobody knows what the Canadian accent sounds like. 2. We sound nothing like Americans.
Being from Canada everything on here is something I’ve done if not heard of. This here made me so happy to see and remember all these classics especially in the rocky place we are rn
I'm Canadian. My husband and I started dating during one of the coldest winters in the last 10 years. He wore shorts on every date, and no winter jacket, just a long sleeve shirt.
As a Canadian I never knew that Canada Post employees were the ones replying to Santa letters. Since I stopped believing in Santa I always thought they just sent them back for your parents to reply. And I never asked my parents about this 😂
Love my neighbours to the south, but one thing I never understood about the American thanksgiving being mid November is the portrayal of fall leaves and bountiful produce in their decorations. It’s mid November!!! Leaves are off trees and you’ve probably had 10 frosts in the autumn regions by the time your thanksgiving rolls around. 😆 A bit of misrepresentation for thanksgiving with fall theme. The scene of corn and a cornucopia with a bountiful harvest - Maybe some storage cabbage and potatoes in the classic thanksgiving motif is a better representation of the actual harvest you would get third week in November. At least October in Canada we literally have actual fall harvests taking place. From corn, apples, squashes, and the final field veg of harvest. And as much as I love turkey.. It’s something to savor and look forward to. Making thanksgiving meals is a massive undertaking. I couldn’t imagine doing it back to back in a months time. October makes more sense (although for the states I know it’s pilgrim related). 😊
As a kid in Canada I absolutely loved getting my letter back from Santa. We'd all gather around the table and write our letters to Santa. When the tree went up the letters got written. It was so exciting to get your letter and there was also a couple pictures for you to color of Santa
I’ve never been to Cuba, but my parents vacationed there several times and loved it. One time on the beach two big Russian soldiers were jogging near them and heard them speaking. The soldiers came up and said to them Canadian? My Dad said Yes and the man said Bobby Hull ( famous Canadian hockey player ), . My Dad said yes and they both nodded, and gave my parents a thumbs up sign! As to Thanksgiving in Canada it is more of a giving thanks for a good harvest. In the US they celebrate the early pilgrims breaking bread with the indigenous peoples. It is a much bigger deal in the US than Canada. Most Americans consider it as “ The biggest holiday of the year “. Canadians consider Christmas as the biggest holiday of the year. Thanksgiving in Canada is just a nice family meal day, where if relatives live close by you may share the meal with them.
@cheryla7480 I was replying to @Twink because they were explaining Boxing Day to a Scot. I believe you're right. I know Australia and South Africa observe it too.
I have a vivid memory of my older brother picking me up from middle school in December or possibly January. It was around -32 celcius which was pretty average and the cut off for “snow days.” My brother strolled into the front doors wearing plaid shorts and flip flops and a T-shirt no joke. I didn’t even bat an eye. That was just normal behaviour 😂 I’d wear little jean skirts in the middle of winter just for the sake of fashion.
Canadian here. Clamato juice is excellent, but much better depending on how its mixed. Canadian absolutely celebrate thanksgiving. Its as much of a big deal as it is in the US absolutely. I always travel to my parents or at my in-laws. We always hold a big meals, get together and have a bunch of people over etc.
08:14 The Caesar, such a fantastic beverage! Vodka, Clamato, Worcestershire. spiced to preference (commonly black pepper, cayenne, or hot sauce), the glass rimmed with celery salt, and garnished with almost anything, traditionally celery but can be anything pickled liked cucumber, beans, jalapenos, etc, plus many other different garnishes.
I have explained to my American friends that we celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada in early October because by late November we have a lot less to feel thankful for. I have worked at minus 56 and lower (thermometers had stopped working so not sure of the exact temperature). Cold enough that our keep-warm bonfire made out of 6-foot-long logs had water seeping out of the log ends outside the fire and forming icicles. That night I found myself standing outside my tent in my underwear and mukluks, the lake ice booming like some giant was hammering the world, as I screamed at the wolves to shut the hell up so we could sleep. Looking down and seeing an aura of cold fog seeping off my bare legs and thinking pants were a great invention. As for saying sorry, I am guilty of saying sorry for bumping the dog who was trying to get past me at the fridge and sorry to the coffee table after backing up into it. The coffee table said "No problem" so that might have been a kinda weird night all around. It's all a bit fuzzy... sorry.
😂LOL I screamed at the wolves to shut the hell up so we could sleep! That is Definitely a Canadian thing to do! Apologizing to inanimate objects when we bump into them lol I do that all the time in my house! I mean I also yell at the doorframe for not moving out of my way again when I shoulder checked it because I didn't go through the middle of the door. No matter how much I yell at them the damb door frame & the corners of wall will not move out my way even though I wish they would.😂😅 I'm like move outta my way people & things I'm coming through!🤣 my motto is Hey! Watch where I'm going! People should watch where I'm going & walk wide around me to avoid injury.😂 I'm walking fast so steer clear!
My wife and I have been to Cuba a couple of times, where it may not be as fancy, and extravagant as other Caribbean locales, the people are wonderful, and we have always felt like royalty when we are there.
As a former bartender who lives in Canada getting a shot of Clamato with a pint of beer is very common. I honestly didn’t know Clamato was a Canadian thing until a couple years ago
When I was at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, October/November/December was big meal time. At the North American dining facility called Niagara, we had Canadian Thanksgiving meal, US Thanksgiving and of course, Christmas! LOL And each meal had all the regular fixins you would expect. Glorious.
Im Canada we mostly use Chips but Crisps can also be used interchangably. The Eastern half of Canada its more common to hear Crisps than the western half but mostly Chips. The cool thing about Canada is we use both American and British English so both can be used and understood. We also use both the metric system (like the rest of the world) and Imperial measurments. Our ovens even show both temperatures because some recipes we use are American and some are British.
Dude, wonderful learning and expanding of knowledge bases and bringing worlds together! My father was born in & raised in Cyldebank... I am the youngest of 4 & born & raised in Canada making me Canadian with Scottish siblings, father and a link! My father was born 1937 and was very lucky to make it through the Blitz! So your accent is very familiar and nostalgic!! Mind you I am watching this vid & was dumbfounded with what seems to be a huge lack of what I had just alwayswas a normal and natural thing for me to know "everything" about being Scottish like I thought, naturally, that Scots have the equivelant knowledge of us Canadians! There are so many similarities!! Example: Canada's general viewpoint and opinion of The Country that shares your southern border isn't that dis-similar to the Country that shares our southern border! LoL. At one point in time, the "Maritime" Region of Canada/N. America was attached to the British Isles and Western Europe but my Dad used to go to the Maritimes, hee'd say the only thing missing is the Heather!
Fun video. We absolutely call our dollar coins Loonies and Toonies. The idea of Clamato juice sounds like it should be gross, but it is surprisingly delicious especially when spicy, when you drink it you don't really taste the clam. Milk does come in bags where I live in Canada, it seems normal to me, sorry.
I love that you Canucks are so unique people 🇨🇦 ❤ It’s interesting that your winters are as cold as here in Oslo. Actually it looks like you get more snow than we do, although I’m further north ❄️ I’m as north as your Territories 😮 Here in Europe we believe that Santa is from Finland 😊 Sorrey 😂 I would really like to try ketchup chips. Last; I so love Walk of the Earths version of O Canada! Love your anthem ❤ 🇨🇦
My mother was born a couple miles outside the arctic circle in Sweden. She moved to Toronto when she was 20 (one of the southernmost places in Canada). She wrongly assumed that Toronto would have been much warmer because it’s much farther south than where she lived. Her Swedish jackets weren’t warm enough for the Canadian winter. I’m not educated enough to say why but this is because in Europe typically the air moves from the south to the north so you get Mediterranean air all the way up to the arctic circle where as in Canada we get arctic air moving down to us. Also make sure you try out our tomato clam broth drink. You can put an absurd amount of vodka in them and you can hardly taste the alcohol. Definitely my favourite drink, and very easy to get drunk off of lol. Ketchup chips are great but I’m not sure why they never talk about our nearly exclusively Canadian chips, the “all dressed” chips in these videos. They’re great too.
@@NotLeftarded1 Yeah, I understand. I might have seen Canadians as a group with the same charming accent and the way of behaving. But I also know that every ethnicity keeps their culture in Canada, and I think that is kinda unique for Canadians.
@@MonicaMaria2175 LoL 🤣 I sound American when I speak English cuz I've watched so many American films. I can't even write my own language anymore. Well I can but it looks like something a 6-year-old put together. I'm not in Quebec. Still speak it fluently however.
Only a few places in Canada get a lot of snow, usually due to storms passing over the Great Lakes and picking up a lot of moisture. Where I grew up in Northern Ontario we'd get snow from the end of October through to April, but never all that much at a time. It just stays around.
I've worked at Canada Post for 34 years . 20 years as a mailman . My ex wife and I volunteered to be Santa Elve's ... ie: respond to letters from Santa . You read a child's letter and reply on official santa stationary . Most kids ask for toys .... some poor kids ask for the return of a loved one . We do our best .
Loved reading about us! I'm so proud to be a Canuck and I live here in New Scotland! We call them chips! We do say I'm sorry all the time! Yes, we always call them loonies and toonies. Our winters are not as frigid as they used to be, but can get quite cold and stormy. I would love to visit Scotland someday; where my grandmother came from! 😊
Canadian thanksgiving means being thankful for a good harvest, a good crop, a good year....and since we enjoy winter in October (in some provinces) it is the logical time to partake in the bounty. Because it seems to originate with Frobishers era - It really is not tied in any other way to American thanksgiving - but slowly their small earmarks end up on our tables (pilgrims, shopping, parades and football) and that makes it richer I think. Shouldn't we all be thankful
for my family [prairie Canadian] Thanksgiving has always been where family gathers for a large feast honouring everything we have to be thankful for. The bounty, cornucopia we have in all areas of our lives ~~
Yes, Loonie and Toonie really are the only words used to describe the physical coins. You might say you have a certain amount of money in change, but if they ask you specifically about a coin, it's exactly like quarter, dime, etc. "Loonie" for crazy person has the same meaning here, that's why it's funny as a pun. It's also reminiscent of Looney Tunes, which gives toonie a double double-meaning. 😉
Only true in the rest of Canada but in quebec its just a 1 dollars coin or a 2 dollars coin. I literally never heared the term loonie or toonie of my life lol.
One other comment on the language issue is that in areas where French and English are common, School children often speak using both languages as often it is easier to express a concept in one language that the other. Often heard it called Franglais - a combination of the French words for French then English.
Thanksgiving in Canada is actually “Harvest” Thanksgiving so we celebrate Thanksgiving at harvest time. By October most people who still grow their own vegetables are pulling their gardens up because nothing is going to grow much beyond that time of the year. By then we are starting to prepare for snow and the cold winters. We get a lot of farmers markets at that time… but with television more and more Canadians are being influenced by American culture. Most Canadians probably don’t realize that our Thanksgiving is about good harvests (probably a remnant from our mostly European ancestors) rather than the whole Plymouth Pilgrims and the Native Americans saving them from starvation. Think of it as Americans celebrate history while Canadians celebrate the season.
As a Canadian I can confirm that we do in fact go out sometimes in shorts in the winter. Sometimes without a jacket too. It really depends how bad the weather is that day and what we had on previously vs. What we have to do. In terms of the letters to Santa, it’s been around for as long as I can remember (I’m 32 now) and yes if you write to the specific postal code during the Christmas season you will get a handwritten reply. It’s definitely special for small children and just part of what makes the holiday season magical around here.
Clamato tastes very differently than tomato juice. You should try it if you got the chance! :) Even in Quebec, bloody ceasars are always a must have in any gatherings!
When we host Japanese high school students, the first food they want to try is Ketchup Potato chips and Poutine. Some Americans also wear shorts in the snow in winter. Crisps are called chips in Canada, but in my travels through Canada and the US, French Fries are called chips. I think I was in Buffalo NY or Detroit MI when I ordered a hamburger and chips, and I was disappointed getting a plate with a hamburger and soft French Fries. We also get French Fries with our "Fish and Chips". Thanksgiving in the US is a larger celebration because it is also tied to American Football and being closer to Christmas, retailers take advantage of the day by starting their Black Friday sales the day after Thanksgiving. When I was really young, milk was delivered to our front door in glass bottles. When home delivery ended, milk was sold in grocery stores in larger plastic bottles. While there were smaller containers of milk, it was more economical to buy the larger jug. For small families, such as my mom and I, the milk would sometimes go sour before we could finish the jug. When the three plastic bags were introduced, opening one bag at a time meant that the milk did not sour as quickly. The sealed bags allowed the milk to last longer.
We love our loonies and toonies and yes, they are part of our natural lexicon. You'd rarely/never hear a Canadian say "Do you happen to have a one dollar coin?". Ketchup chips (we do say chips, not crisps) are the bomb! Bloody Caesars made with clamato are super yummy (and I do not like seafood but, it doesn't taste or smell fishy) and when I'm in the U.S. and ask for one, they rarely have clamato (although I have found a few states do have it now) and I find Bloody Mary's so bland. I love that our Thanksgiving is in the correct month (October) as it gives us a long weekend and a space before Christmas. I think the U.S. makes more about Thanksgiving though. As far as I know, more people travel during their Thanksgiving weekend to friends and family than at Christmas and I think Canadians are the opposite. Oh and yes, many Canadians like Cuba because of the friendly people and the amazing beaches. Also, if you live in the east like I do (Toronto), it's a very quick flight to an inexpensive sun destination). It's fun watching you learn about Canadians!
it gets down to -40 C here in central Saskatchewan yet I wear shorts every day of the year. I worked outside for most of my life so I'm acclimated to the cold, but I wear pants and safety gear when required. I've worked in the Arctic and lived in a tent during December when it got down to -55C plus wind chill. Yes, I get cold, but I really appreciate warmth and a cold beer when the day is done
After a long cold winter, as soon as it warms up to -10°C and above you start seeing shorts and t-shirts. And Ketchup flavoured chips are indeed delicious
Thanksgiving is a very family-oriented holiday and I feel not quite as commercialized by the media as much as in the U.S. The traditional foods served are very similar though (Turkey being the main protein) with various side dishes of course. Different casseroles as sides seem to be more common south of the border.
I remember (vaguely) when the "Loonie" was first introduced. My reaction then was, "Hey, cool! They're giving us gold coins now!". I was a typical naive 8 year old LOL. By extension, when the 2 dollar coin came out, it just seemed a natural evolution to start calling it the "Toonie" or "Twoonie". Being a maritimer, wearing shorts in winter can be considered a relatively common thing to see (and few would look twice or even remark on it) as we can experience all 4 seasons in the span of 1 day. 😂
Oh my God! I experienced the all 4 seasons in 1 day when I went to Cape Briton in October. The morning was negative temp, I could see the rain coming my way off the Atlantic, then I had to strip to a T-shirt in the afternoon. I very fondly remember those days and the view ❤.
@@ToudaHellyup, super normal here in the Maritimes. I joke (sort of) that i use my neighbour who goes outside to smoke as a weather vane - if she's wearing a coat its cold, if her hair is blowing it's windy, if she's wet it's raining etc lol. I recall when i was in highschool in September we'd go to school in the morning in wool sweaters, mittens and mini skirts after scraping the windshield for mum, by lunch you'd have stripped down to t-shirt and packed your sweater and mitts in your bookbag. By 3pm, you could burn your legs on a leather car seat and we would go home, drop our stuff, change into our bathing suits and sandals and go swimming in the lake or ocean. The same night you have to put your heater on at night. Totally normal 🇨🇦 Now with global warming we can do all this in October or even January (with the exception of the bathing suit/swimming) We can almost never pack away seasonal clothing because we need it all-all year round)🇨🇦 ❤
Loonies and Toonies are literally the only name we have for those coins 😂. I can assure you the clamato-based Ceasar is vastly more flavourful and robust than a straight Bloody Mary drink. You'd think it may taste "fishy" perhaps but it certainly does not! I think the drink stems from the Maritime provinces Also I wrote Santa every year when I was a child and I always received a reply! It made him feel much more real
I love the Canadian lore of the loonie/toonie. I was in Guatemala with Habitat for Humanity. We were building a house, and put a loonie in the cement foundation for good luck and prosperity to the new family
I got to touch the “lucky loonie” at the hockey hall of fame, back when they still let you touch it, it started getting worn from all the people touching it, so they encased it behind glass, still a cool story, those Olympic Games were a magical time for Canadian hockey 🇨🇦
Thanksgiving in canada is originally more about harvest season while American Thanksgiving seems to be more about the pilgrims and have American patriotism elements and stuff like that. Similar holiday but the vibes are different imo.
Well, as a youngster in the 60's, we young women wore our mini skirts and pantyhose outside, -25 degree's, and it was the normal way we arrived at school each day. Perhaps you are right Mert - our legs didn't feel the cold (but we were much more aware of making the boys smile ) Potato chips - come in a bag of many flavors and chips are the side you get with your hamburger. We usually like the idea of 'crisps' and 'chips' but we stick to the canadianisms. Milk bags 'can' be found in other provinces, depending on the grocery store you visit, and I love them. So nice to know that minimal pkging is being recycled, compared to the cardboard cartons. I wonder when glass milk bottles will be recycled and delivered again.....nah - too labor intensive and germaphobic I guess. That is why the bags are quick, clean and easy. Love your show - keep up the good work You are a smile at the end of the day for me
Canadian thanksgiving is about the harvest. It used to be commonly called Harvest THANKSGIVING and often farmers brought part of their harvest to decorate the altar of the local church on the Sunday morning. That food was often given to others who might have need of it. Unfortunately many Canadians have grown up thinking we celebrate this holiday in the same way Americans do.
The one-dollar coin picked up its nickname because people initially did not like it when it was introduced. The term "loonie" actually started as a derogatory term. The coin had a loon on it and people thought the idea of a coin replacing the one dollar bill was crazy (looney), hence "loonie", but the nickname has since become a term of affection. The two-dollar coin became known as the "twonie" because it equals "two loonies". However, for a brief period, some people referred to it as a "doubloon", as a reference to the old Spanish doubloon coin and the fact it is a "double loonie". "Twonie" was much more popular, and "doubloon" has since entirely disappeared.
Well it was liked when they got rid the paper for coins. Everybody pretty much hated the idea and the fact that there was a proud iconic Loon! Which was loony making money into change which is just plain LOONY! LoLLoL!!! IDK just how widely the word "Loony" to describe "Crazy". As a matter of fact, they are synonyms. So there were numerous factors that led to nicknaming.
Fun fact. The coin was not originally supposed to have a loon on it at all. The loon, I think, was the second-choice design. The original intended design was two voyageurs in a canoe, but the plates got stolen on their way to the mint - so they had to go to a back-up plan. Or something like that.
I have a weird one for you. Here in Winnipeg you'll still see folks getting slurpees (also called slushies, those ice and syrup drinks) even in the heart of our famous -40C winters. Love the content, keep on being Awesome!
Yes, we do have bagged milk here. It's odd that they would cut them open and pour them in containers... Usually you snip the corner, and pour it in your glass/cereal that way.
@@pamelahaze3211 Indeed... Especially for larger families. Unfortunately, in my family, only one of us can drink the pasteurized milk. So it's better to buy carton milk for us now.
Never Crisps! I am a British, living in Canada. No one says crisps. The shorts pre-season is SO accurate. They just cannot wait to get those shorts on! I think the "mailman" with shorts/pants rolled up, prevents getting them wet in the snow. The 1 dollar "loonie" silver (Loon bird on the back), 'Toonie' (as in two dollars) has gold-coloured centre, silver rim. It's named just to denote the difference between the 1 and the 2 dollars. Oddly, we say 'Tomayto', rather than the English version of tomato, yet Clamato IS called Clamato, like the English. We seem to love our clams; especially on the eastern coast, they are fresher. Crunchy fried ones, from Big Spot, Newcastle, NB are so darn good. The Clamato juice has a less bitter tomato flavour. Common ingredients include herbs, spices, vegetables, and citrus fruits. While the exact ingredients vary by brand, some of the most popular add-ins include celery, onions, garlic, and green olives. So, it's more savory and sweet than plain tomato juice. Why not send notes to Santa, it is just to the North of us and when I last checked, it was ours? (Hey the Americans refer to it as ours). As you know, many Americans have no clue where Canada is!! LOL. Remember, there is a Big difference between Canada and US. But, we are actually more connected in a political sense...living next to the big elephant that manipulates the rest of the world, yet has a rubbish sense of world Geography. Yes! It's nice to go to a place where there are no Americans....they are so much Louder! They are crazy having a Turkey dinner Thanksgiving so close to Christmas. We celebrate sooner. Btw, the word "oot" for out, really related to the "Easterners" or East Coast Canadians' dialects. It's a big deal, Thanksgiving! Check out Thanksgiving (Canadian) in Wiki. It's based on some historical facts.
The Flavors of Chips are diverse in Canada, and some have been limited editions and some are still available. To mention a few, there is dill pickle, Ketchup, sour cream and onion, Sour cream and cheddar, Sour cream and bacon, roast Chicken, fries and gravy, loaded potato skins, Au Gratian, Sour cream and Jalapeno, Regular (of Course), Sea Salt and Black Pepper, All dressed (which is many of the previously mentioned flavors all thrown in together), Smokey Bacon and I know I am forgetting more. Clamato is my favorite tomato juice although I don't drink alcohol. Milk in bags was once available all across the country, but now is only available in Eastern Canada, the western Provinces didn't like to have to wash a dish to hold milk, we prefer the plastic jugs that most Americans enjoy their milk in. Although I think in one or two provinces you can get it in both, not sure though.
Clamato in a Ceasar is insanely good. Bit of worchestershire sauce, bit of hot sauce, a pickled bean and whatever else savory or sour you feel like for a garnish. So good!
After the winter and spring starts to arrive, -5C is warm and is definitely t-shirt and jeans without jacket is very comfortable for outside during the day.
Older ex-pat Cdn here. Have lived in the States and now am in Aus. Bagged milk extended the life of the volume. Can even freeze milk in that bag for later. They are chips! Other different flavours include Dill Pickle and All Dressed. Ketchup came out when I was a kid, it was so exciting! The no pants thing is very dependent, they'd be walking from one warm interior setting to a warm car, to another warm environment. These people would have heated car seats! This also would depend on whether this was Vancouver or not, many different climate zones and weather. Feet, hands, head and whole body are the most important areas to consider, the body comes first. We must keep our organs warm first, hence the big jackets. The Loonie came about when they switched paper for metal, and the nickname was rather obvious, it has an eastern national symbol, the loon, on it. Let's be grateful they didn't put a Canadian Goose on it!! Twoonies replaces the $2 notes, and because of it being two different metals and nicely rhyming with Loonie, it just followed logic for us! lol I agree with you, tomato juice isn't very appealing but the clam gives a really nice depth to it. I'd drink a full glass of Clamato vs tomato juice any day. Think seafood in a spiced up tomato sauce, or a chowder, it works well.
And don't forget the bagged milk trick! You don't cut just one corner ... you cut the bigger hole in the front and a smaller one in the back ! No muss no fuss!😂
In Canadian English it's 'chips'. Canadians order 400 million caesars annually so it's a hugely popular cocktail. I'm not big on tomato juice either but do like caesars. It's a good thing to order if you want an alcoholic drink and to fuel up at the same time. Regarding the anthem, some times I've heard it sung in an aboriginal language.
Ive just discovered this really cool thing about our passport. Put under black light it tells the Canadian story in full colour. I’d love to see you react to bank notes and passports
@@AWARHERO: dude I get your dislike for our PM, however, our passports are changed on a regular basis( ie every 10 or 15 years) for a reason: improved security. Changing the passport, ie its images and features, makes it harder for counterfeit ones. If you have served in our military, thank you for your service! Stay safe, stay sane,stay strong Ukraine 🇺🇦
Hi! Every single family in Canada buys milk in bags, (3x1L) it's cheaper & some of us even freeze it if we get it on special lol, ketchup chips (crisps) take 2nd place to salt & vinegar, Thanksgiving is no where near as big a deal as it is in the States but I promise you that Santa will always answer, no matter where you are writing him from ❤
I was born in Ontario and when I was young in the 50’s and 60’s our milk came in glass bottles. In the late 60’s milk started coming in bags. I moved to Alberta in 1976 and there is no bagged milk here. Waxed cardboard is the way for one and two litre containers and plastic jugs for some 2 litre and 3 litre containers. Some manufacturers only use plastic so there’s always exceptions to the rule. I don’t eat salt and vinegar chips as they make my mouth raw and I prefer Old Dutch BBQ chips especially when mixed with Cheetos! Totally delicious! All Dressed are the chips of choice for a lot of us and many American neighbours who visit have them shipped to the USA as they aren’t available there…Yet! 😂
Canadian here, kids play tons of hockey as I do. Early morning practices at 7 a.m. during the school week, I roll out of bed in my underwear and wear a hunting onesie suit (Selk bag) to load the car with our Hockey sticks and hockey bags and start driving with my Tim’s coffee. Any other time I’m wearing my shorts to get stuff from the car, get the mail down the street or to shovel snow.
As a Canadian. They are ALWAYS called a loonie and a twoonie. There literally isnt another name for them haha
Always started in 1987 lol
I have heard the loonie referred to as a "duck-buck" .
yes. never heard it called differently.
Disagree, those of us who collect coins call them by their proper names, One Dollar Coin, Two Dollar Coin. Numismatics , IAR ?
@@farmerfbYou and the dang philatelists! 😂❤
Canadian here and one of my favourite things that people are confused about it is saying thank you to our bus drivers/public transit people. We'll be exiting the back of the bus and almost every person yells thank you to the bus driver. We're just very polite 😂
It's true. I always said thank you along with everyone else. It's the norm.
@emmyo6678 even if your at a bus stop and the bus stops to pick you up, we say thank you. Even tho it's there job. It's called having Manners.
Wait is this not a thing other countries do?! That's kinda just a given here
to everyone man fastfood workers get one store workings anyone who gives u a service gets a thank u
Thats not a canadian wide thing. Thats a regional specific
I’m not sure how it is for anyone else but as a Canadian I was always taught that Thanksgiving was meant to celebrate the harvest season, which is why it takes place in early October as harvest season is ending.
Yeah imagine that... the other country is more to the south....harvest.... later...
Me too ! 😊
Same. Québec.
NOT IN THE BEGINING BUT HAS BECOME SO OVER TIME
Same. Nova Scotia.
As a Canadian, it's polite to take your shoes off and leave them at the front door.
Thats not a canadian thing. Thats just a thing
Facts!
True
I've always windered why Americans don't take their shoes off in the house. My mother woupd have killed me if I did that. They must have really dirty floors or something.
Some do some don't. It IS helpfull to have a mat so your feet/sock don't get wet
I grew up in Canada and moved to Scotland when I was 28. Trust me... The winters in Scotland are not even on the same level of cold. So yes whilst a Scot wearing shorts isn't unusual to see in the winter, it's not really the same level of insanity as a Canadian doing it.
well said, eh.
I’m a Canadian who lived in Scotland for one year and watching the Scots react to a couple of cm of snow. The whole city basically shut down and even in 10 deg. weather friends would dress up in the warmest and thickest jackets.
Im from winnipeg, in winter I will take the trash out bare foot and Dont put on pants till -30.
My brother always worked in an extremely hot factory. In the wintertime most men went to work in their shorts in their car.
My husband was out shovelling wet snow in shorts and T-shirt not too long ago.
He did have his boots on though.
Chips or crisps? In Canada we call them chips. However when it comes to french fries, we call them fries, unless you are having fish. They become fish and chips.
Yes, exactly. It's simple lol. You have fish n chips or cheeseburger n fries, or chips n pop, soda is for baking 😄
@ht699 or your in Newfoundland, then its burger and fries, or burgers and chips. lol
And when it comes to hot dogs....there's a Weiner and a bun...put them together...wa la...hot dog!
you guys forget that we are descendants of Irish/Scotts and English immigrants primarily . Depending on where you live we say it all. where im from in Northern Ontario we dont say chips, we do call them crips and we refer to pop as soda more than we call it pop. Drive 6 Hours south towards Toronto and its totally different, they say chips and pop
Wearing shorts can't be any colder than wearing a mini-skirt in winter.
My mother is a retired Canada post worker. A lot of the volunteers are postal workers doing the letters in their evenings. She still volunteers to this day, the kids letters start coming in late October/early November and she’ll do thousands of them right up until Christmas every year. It really is quite amazing.
I believe all of the volunteers are either retired or working Canada Post employees. It's one of the requirements. Which is sad because I'd love to do it.
@@lyndaworth5507it’s not a requirement, it’s all voluntary for workers
@@caitlinbod7596 I think what they were saying is that you're only allowed to volunteer if you're a current or former employee, not that employees are required to "volunteer".
I can confirm in Scotland I found people saying sorry as much as in Canada. It made my heart smile to think this might have been passed down from my Scottish ancestors.
I was thinking the same thing. Lots of Scott's came here in the early days, so it wouldn't surprise me if we got that from the Scott's.
Almost everyone in the Maritime provinces of Canada is of either Scottish or Irish descent, including myself. Living in Nova Scotia (New Scotland) there are lots of similarities in culture passed down I think. ❤
Bro what?? Scottish did not pass down “politeness” to Canada what???? Lmfaoooo
@@Venusssxxx clearly you don't understand the Canadian "sorry". It's got many uses besides politeness.
There’s one thing people who have never experienced -30 and colder are aware of. That level of cold changes the sound outside. It’s very hard to explain what cold sounds like, but it’s like nothing ever heard aside from frigid cold. Unfortunately, the sound cannot be picked up on video. It’s eerie & fascinating.
This. And even that sound sounds different at night.
It's because the cold causes sound waves to move slower and snow absorbs a lot of the sound.
Snow also absorbs a lot of cold so just be glad if there's snow as a dry winter is MUCH colder and dangerous.
it sounds crunchy!
Try shooting a high powered rifle at -50 or colder. Weird.
-27 specifically. It's the point where ice no longer has surface moisture and things start to crunch.
I lived I Japan for years. I snow shovelled in a T-shirt and mittens. I had a weird shovelling technique because I shovelled right to the ground and threw the snow far, while the Japanese just pushed it aside. People gathered around and kept asking “what are you!?” like I was some sort of freak.
I hope you also had pants on.
Did you do a superhero pose with your hands at your waist or did you do the Japanese "peace sign"?
As a Canadian, you are trained to throw the snow as far as you can because inevitably you will end up having to just shovel it again if you don't get it right out of the way before the next dump of snow.
The Japanese are very racist
@@antiquegeekaccurate!!
Bumped into a store mannequin once, apologised so hard, then walked away slightly embarrassed. 😂
Did that with a parking meter, 3 guys told me to leave it there 😂😂😂
Lol same, except I ran away awkwardly.. I wish I could say it was only once lol
Said sorry to the door frame last night when I struck my shoulder on it. Can't believe he never said anything back lol
So awesomely Canadian...so Canadianly awesome.
The guy next to you would say sorry for no reason??
In school, at least back in the 70s, we were taught the anthem in both French & English at the same time. To this day I don't know the whole thing in one language lol
What province were you raised in?
Ohhh Canadaaaaa................... Our home and native land(kinda)............
Same. I learned it in French first, which was the original language in which the anthem was written. I switch back and forth, just as we were taught to do in elementary school.
I hear ya'. I still sing the old version in both languages. Born and raised Calgarian here.
55yrs in Canada from Scotland. I now live in New Brunswick which is bilingual and never heard the French version or I just blocked it out not sure, I grew up in Vancouver so it was so multi cultural that I blocked alot of languages 😅 haha ❤
As one of Santa’s official Elves with Canada Post for many years (now retired) I can assure you that you will get a response from Santa if you write him: regardless of your language or where you live! Santa is indeed multilingual! Just send your letters addressed as follows: Santa Claus, North Pole, Canada H0H 0H0
Agreed. My dad did it for the entire 40 years he worked at Canada Post. Didn't matter where the letters came from, they were ALL replied to.❤
Thanks to you and the other elves who keep a bit of innocent magic alive for kids. Ho Ho Ho and lots of love to you all.
As a Canadian I just wanted to say that everything is very true and very normal.
Ya I don't see any problems with any of this info, like nothing is off
Have you ever ordered a “Bloody Caesar” and not been asked ‘What country are you from?’ It’s a Caesar. A Caesar. Just a Caesar. Occasionally a “Rimmed Caesar”. No bloody bloody.
@@ThundaStrack YES! Thank you, my friend! I was thinking the same thing.
Clam broth and tomato juice actually goes well together for the same reason most seafood and tomatoes go well together.
The salty, briny taste of the clam juice compliments the tomato juice exceptionally well.
Spiced clamato also hides the booze smell when you bring booze to the beach.
A comedian once said the most Canadian thing he saw. Was a guy on a bicycle, in the snow, with a case of beer strapped to the back.
We are a little bit crazy sometimes 😂 and funny at Sametime.
I used to bike to school everyday even during the winter lmao only times I couldn’t bike when it was snowing all day and theres like knee deep snow and I still had to goto school. Ahh the good ole days😂
I think that may have been a friend of mine lol
@@johnnyy5327 Or the days you could ride the bike. But the snow got deep by the end of the day. You're walking home with the bike.
@@leftcoaster67the bike paths are cleaned up from the snow before the roads in Montreal. People bike all year, cold hot, don’t care.
I was in my local Home Depot today. I went into the Garden Centre looking for herbicide. As we are in the fall here the centre was about 2/3 empty with no staff in sight. I did a u-turn with my cart and was not watching where I went and I almost bumped into a cart with a big box in it. I immediately said "sorry" only to find that there was no one pushing the other cart. I had apologized to an empty cart, which I hadn't even actually hit!
Back when I was a smoker I was outside of a bar in the winter having a smoke near the curb and was very paranoid about getting my smoke in non-smoking peoples faces so I would look over my shoulder often.
Looked over my shoulder one time and saw a black figure moving near me and said "Oop, sorry" and moved out of the way while lifting my cig high in the air away from the approaching people... It was just the shadow of a Canadian flag above the bar I said sorry to. I've never once felt more Canadian.
@@buttnugget2900 LOL!🇨🇦☺🇨🇦
My favourite flavour in Canada is plain kettle cooked potato chips in olive oil.
I have literally apologized to my coffee table after running into it with my shin. I believe the exact words I uttered were “Sh!t! Sorry!”
It’s pretty much an automatic unconscious response that just pops out of my mouth if I bump into something when I clearly haven’t been paying attention to my surroundings. 🤣
I've done that to 😂😂
The milk bags were a staple in my house when growing up. It was much more cost effective to get the larger amounts. But you NEVER pour them into the jugs!! What were those people thinking?? Hahahahaha! Once emptied, they were washed, cut open at the top and used as freezer bags. (in our home at least). As for "sorry", yes it's an apology, but we also use the word to mean "excuse me" or "pardon me",
Another use for the milk bags, was to keep feet warm and prevent frost bite for children on excursions in winter. The schools would not allow children to participate in the outing unless they wore milk bags in their boots. Not sure how long this lasted, but the kids never complained of cold feet.
Sorry is also often uses as a “can you repeat that?” kinda thing
I'm a native canadian from the old people and funny thing : I had a work collegue from Africa who saw snow for the first time. He was like "What we're gonna do?!?! We will drown in snow!!! We can't go anywhere anymore!!!" with a panicking tone.
There was barely 3 inches of snow 😂
He was always wearing like 2 snow suits, 2 pair of gloves, 2 hat at the same time lol
I was often outside smoking with a t-shirt at minus 25 and he was "WHAT YOU'RE DOING?!?! YOU'RE GONNA DIE!!!!"
God he was so funny 😂😂
He even thought he had to buy foods ONE TIME before winter and wish to have enough hahaha
Edit : in summer, I can't go under the sun for too long, I loose all my strenght and I can pass out. I LOVE cold so I am now a forklift operator in a giant freezer with a lil coat and a baseball hat 😂
I have the same problem in summer that I have no energy from the heat and feel like I’ll pass out but when winter comes and feel the cold wind I start feeling more alive and full of energy.
@@Raven-ep6pq welcome to the club!
Fun fact : I can't sleep at night, only during the day it's weird. I'm an inverted human lol darkness and cold makes me happy.
So I'm a nightworker in a freezer 😅
I sleep between 5am till 8am as I’m getting older the sleep is much less then when I was a lad. Some have told me the older you get the less sleep you need. My grandma at 80 years old was sleeping 2 hours a day and it seem I’m heading in the same way. We seem to have the same kind of life since I also love the dark and night is such the best time to read and learn something since most people are sleeping and less noise that you really can enjoy a good read.
Getting that freezer bonus
@@adammckenzie6074 yeah! Everyone is wearing a space suit to work in the freezer at -28 celcius.
I just have cargo pants, a light battery heating jacket, fingerless gloves and a baseball cap. Got paid over 27$/h with the freezer bonus 😎
Frost is my life lol I'm from Québec too, winters are the best 🤘
Sorry if this has been addressed. I'm a little late to the video. This may happen in other pats of Canada where milk comes in a bag, but I have never seen anyone pour the milk out of the bag into the container. The correct way to do it is to put the bag into the container, slam it down on the counter so that the bag reaches the bottom, and then cut the corner (and pray you don't cut it too big). You then pour the milk into your tea, or your cereal, or whatever. However, drinking the last bit straight from the bag is the only real way to empty it. Again, sorry if this was already mentioned. :)
I live in Alberta & we have not had milk in bags since I was 10 years old or so. I am now 53. We have had cartons & plastic jugs for a long time. I didn't even realize that anyone still buys their milk in bags. lol :-)
Your description of the process is exactly how it's done 👍🏼 that slam is important lol. There's nothing worse than a milk bag that isn't set in the bottom properly - that saggy bag fold-over thing they do is the worst because when you're done pouring the milk keeps going lol. The guy holding the open bag of milk was so uncomfortable to watch haha.
@mj6290 you are so Canadian for apologizing for you comment possibly being redundant 😊. You described how to properly insert the bag complete with the slam!😂
@ht699 Also, if not set, bag can fall right out of jug!
Slam er on ur thigh dont be makin all that noise on the counter now😂
We don't "pour" our milk into the jug, we sit the bag in and cut the tip. And yes, I have cut too big ... lol. My wife is the milk bag cutter :)
the bag for milk is a regional thing. present more in the GTO it seems & almost unseen in the prairies. We did have bags for a while in the 80's, I think :}
I have never seen bagged milk in Saskatchewan
@@MsBluebotyea I’m glad he said it’s not seen everywhere in Canada. It annoys me when videos think all of Canada knows about this weird bagged milk lol. I’m from Alberta and wouldn’t know about it if it wasn’t for these videos.
@@MsBluebot Its an ontario thing
Definitely an Ontario thing and I miss it. Grew up on bagged milk but moved to Newfoundland and they don't have bagged milk here
10 - We also have All Dressed chips, which contain a little bit of everything, just like Canada ;)
9 - There are more people of Scottish decent in Canada than in Scotland itself - you'll see kilts and bagpipes at public ceremonies quite often.
8 - We wanted to call the Toonie 'The Queen with the Bear Behind'
7 - If you couldn't tell by the Ketchup Chips, we REALLY like tomatoes up here.
6 - We'll walk 500 miles for a case of beer - delivering a letter to the North Pole in shorts is no problem.
5 - There's a plan afoot to have Cuba join Canada one day - so we can have America surrounded ;)
4 - We legalized Marijuana in October - the same month as Thanksgiving and Halloween.
3 - Much like the Hawaiians, who have the same word for hello and goodbye, 'sorry' is just like saying hello up here.
2 - You only cut the corner too much ONCE.
1 - In the East Coast province of New Brunswick, there are several hybrid dialects, with more Francais mixed-in the further nord you go. The unofficial procincial motto is 'Worry Pas' :)
Yes we did legalize MJ in October... Right on the day of my birthday! I will never forget that fun fact. :)
👏 Your list is both funny and yet pretty accurate. Love it!
When Cuba joins Confederation, we will finally have a place to go during the winter 😅.
Joke. Joke.
@@ToudaHell All part of the plan ;)
Sadly, when I lived in ON from '92 to '95, your #2 didn't apply to me :/ To try and get it right, I'd end up cutting it too small and when I went to correct it on those occasions, usually ended up cutting it too big again. Thank gawd for cartons and jugs in SK lol.
I’ve answered many Santa letters, throughout my years working for CP. Its the employees that answer them on their spare time. I’ve enjoyed reading and answering hundreds of letters. 😊
I can tell you that winters in Scotland are not nearly as cold as in Canada. Bare legs in -20-30 weather is not for the faint of heart.
I do all the time, lol 😂 it not that cold, or we are just built different, lol
I find the wind speed makes a huge difference.
Canadian from Ottawa here 😊 To answer your question about if we eat big meals from thanksgiving through Christmas, the answer is no. There are 2 more special days in between (Halloween and Remembrance Day) so there is a break between the two. Thanks for learning about the great white North! 😁🇨🇦
Depends where you're too. In Newfoundland and Labrador, Jiggs Dinner was a common staple on sundays. basically Thanksgiving/Xmas Dinner every sunday. had to do with our isolation. now about every 3 months my family will have a Jiggs dinner
@@ShadowDragon246 I’ll come where you’re at! How can I forget Jiggs?!? Sorry, yes. Just thinking more that it isn’t a continuous holiday season. Thanks for the reminder!
After having a Caesar (Clamato juice and Vodka), you'll never go back to tomato juice. It's soooo much better! Also, we coat the rim of the glass with celery salt, and we often add edibles to our Caesar cocktail. These could be the following; a celery stalk, a pickle spear, a pickled bean or a pickled carrot. So you get to snack while you drink. 😊
A local restaurant here puts bacon in their Caesars and it’s SOOO good!!!
With Worcestershire of course
Beer and Clamato tastes like summer to me!
@oddbodly Dirty, LOTs of Worcester, and don't forget the Tabasco!
1. I know people who ski in shorts! They are constantly too hot, so for them it's comfortable.
2. Clamato is amazing. It's used to make ceasars (alcohol beverage) and it's super common.
3. Thanksgiving is tradition. It's basically about spending time with family and sharing a traditional thanksgiving meal (at least for my family). I like that it's not too close to Christmas. I prefer family holidays to be spread accross the year.
4. Bagged milk is convenient and a better deal in my opinion.
5. Yes, the anthem is sang in both languages in the same song.
Canada is a huge country. I'm sure there are some things that East Canadians do that West Canadians have no idea about. I'm not sure also if french is that common in the West. There is only one officially bilingual province : New-Brunswick. There is only one province with french as their official language : Quebec.
As a Canadian, I would go to Cuba before I would go to Florida. No joke.
Truth. Cuba is beautiful and extremely safe, unlike a lot of the other southern vacation spots in this part of the world. I’d feel unsafe in Florida but the 2 times I was in Cuba it was lovely. The people are amazing.
I concur. Cuba is interesting. First went in 1982. Safe island back then.
Me too
Then you're an idiot.
Same! It definitely is a huge plus that there are no Americans.
Ok... I'm Canadian and started laughing with the ketchup chips. It is the flavor of fries with LOTS of ketchup. Now, I feel like I want a snack... as I turn to grab my bag of ketchup chips. Really. 😂
Thanksgiving, I was brought up to understand its a celebration of harvest. We harvest by October because by November we are knee deep in snow. 😊
Spelled flavour wrong.
Don't forget Hickory Sticks! 😊 I had American friends who would come to Canada every year. They always bought boxes of chocolate bars, mostly Eatmore, Sweet Marie and others lol I remember going south of the border for a visit; someone asked for a lighter, handed them my Bic. It wouldn't light for them so I jokingly told them they had to say Eh first. They did, and it worked! 😊 Serendipitous humor
@@tonywhetham8165both spellings are correct. With or without the U
@@tonywhetham8165 Didn’t.
@@oceanside88 In Canadian English the word "flavour" has a U, as do "colour", "odour", "savour", and "endeavour".
Big Thanksgiving, and thanks 🙏 to the First Peoples of this land we have this tradition. We’re farther north than the US so our harvest is earlier in the year.
Clamato juice and beer mixed together is also another favourite! At least in northern BC it is:) lol. It's very refreshing. We also play volleyball on snowshoes outside in a tournament in the winter. Gotta love our country💜
I've heard that called a "Bloody Awful" - which is funny, even though it's actually quite good.
I'm 26 now, but for most of my childhood I can recall writing to Santa and ALWAYS getting a response. It was always very exciting! Love my country & the extra steps we take to create magic (see our passports and bills too)!
Also, nearly everyone I know celebrates thanksgiving, predominantly drinks caesars only in the summer (cold soup to cool off?), and I believe it is mainly Ontario, Quebec, and the maritimes who use milk bags. We also definitely had to sing in both languages at school!
Lastly, just wanted to say, after visiting Scotland last year and now aspiring to move to Edinburgh, one huge draw for me is the comfort of how often people apologize and how polite and kind people are there like you said! I'd say Canadians, the Scottish and the Irish are kindred spirits in this way. Thanks for taking the time to learn this quirky things things about the great white north and sharing it! Cheers :)
Thanksgiving is originally from Canada. It started in the 1500s, but it is not as celebrated as it is in the US. It is celebrated in Canada at the beginning of October and is on the second Monday. The US is of the last Thursday, I believe. One thing they forgot, Canadians are the only people confused for Americans. It is something we hate, and we tell everyone who will listen that we are Canadian. We do not like to be confused for Americans. That is probably one reason Cuba is such a holiday destination. With no Americans, no one will confuse us to be anything safe Canadian.😊
True, Canadian Thanksgiving ( the older event) is not as OVER celebrated as is done in the USA's(commemorating a highly fictionalized, idealized event) almost 2 months after ours and only 1 month (way too close) before Christmas, which most Canadians do celebrate in a big way.We celebrate it as a Harvest festival when it's actually harvest time,not when it's practically Winter!
@@wjdietrich EXACTLY!🇨🇦
Oh goodness me…getting called American when traveling - especially in the UK and Europe drove me BONKERS! I’m sure steam was pouring out both ears!
I started wearing a bigger Canadian flag “patch”, because My family and I continued to be mistaken for Americans. I guess my Canadian pin wasn’t noticed, even though I wore it on the front of my coat. I finally had to explain to them…”You wouldn’t appreciate it if I called you English in Ireland or Scotland, and vice versa. This seemed to get my point across!
It is wonderful to visit Holland, as the Dutch first ask if you’re Canadian. So many Canucks visit the Netherlands and enjoy it immensely! Most first ask if you’re Canadian…a REFRESHING welcome!!!
Yet, whenever I visit the US, I NEVER get confused for an American! It’s not so much our so-called “accent”. Rather, it’s our POLITE nature…and we frequently give ourselves away, by our frequent, inherent apology…”SORRY!”🇨🇦☺🇨🇦
Thanksgiving in Canada takes place at a different time than it does in the US because is intended to coincide with the harvest season, unlike the US version of Thanksgiving, which is timed to coincide with a couple of football games.
Funny, I’ve never been confused for a Yank. When I was in Panama I met a lovely elderly English couple at the bar in the resort, and after chatting a bit, they asked if I was Scottish. On the return home I had a 48 hour layover in Vegas and when chatting with a ticket booth lady to buy tickets for a show she asked me if I was Irish.
Anglos thing we’re Scots.
Yanks think we’re Irish.
1. Nobody knows what the Canadian accent sounds like.
2. We sound nothing like Americans.
Being from Canada everything on here is something I’ve done if not heard of. This here made me so happy to see and remember all these classics especially in the rocky place we are rn
I'm Canadian. My husband and I started dating during one of the coldest winters in the last 10 years. He wore shorts on every date, and no winter jacket, just a long sleeve shirt.
We went to Cuba before the dark times, the Cubans we met at the resort spoke with a Canadian accent from the exclusive exposure to canadians.
Yes we always refer to them as Loonies or twoonies. Just makes sense to us. Also easy to recognize.
As a Canadian I never knew that Canada Post employees were the ones replying to Santa letters. Since I stopped believing in Santa I always thought they just sent them back for your parents to reply. And I never asked my parents about this 😂
Love my neighbours to the south, but one thing I never understood about the American thanksgiving being mid November is the portrayal of fall leaves and bountiful produce in their decorations. It’s mid November!!! Leaves are off trees and you’ve probably had 10 frosts in the autumn regions by the time your thanksgiving rolls around. 😆 A bit of misrepresentation for thanksgiving with fall theme. The scene of corn and a cornucopia with a bountiful harvest - Maybe some storage cabbage and potatoes in the classic thanksgiving motif is a better representation of the actual harvest you would get third week in November. At least October in Canada we literally have actual fall harvests taking place. From corn, apples, squashes, and the final field veg of harvest. And as much as I love turkey.. It’s something to savor and look forward to. Making thanksgiving meals is a massive undertaking. I couldn’t imagine doing it back to back in a months time. October makes more sense (although for the states I know it’s pilgrim related). 😊
As a kid in Canada I absolutely loved getting my letter back from Santa. We'd all gather around the table and write our letters to Santa. When the tree went up the letters got written. It was so exciting to get your letter and there was also a couple pictures for you to color of Santa
I’ve never been to Cuba, but my parents vacationed there several times and loved it. One time on the beach two big Russian soldiers were jogging near them and heard them speaking. The soldiers came up and said to them Canadian? My Dad said Yes and the man said Bobby Hull ( famous Canadian hockey player ), . My Dad said yes and they both nodded, and gave my parents a thumbs up sign! As to Thanksgiving in Canada it is more of a giving thanks for a good harvest. In the US they celebrate the early pilgrims breaking bread with the indigenous peoples. It is a much bigger deal in the US than Canada. Most Americans consider it as “ The biggest holiday of the year “. Canadians consider Christmas as the biggest holiday of the year. Thanksgiving in Canada is just a nice family meal day, where if relatives live close by you may share the meal with them.
There's some decent sales on Thanksgiving but our big sale of the year is on boxing day after Christmas.
@_Twink UK has Boxing Day as well.
@@fluttergirl75 As far as I know don’t all Commonwealth countries observe Boxing Day?
@cheryla7480 I was replying to @Twink because they were explaining Boxing Day to a Scot. I believe you're right. I know Australia and South Africa observe it too.
@@fluttergirl75 I know I love Boxing Day, but Americans can’t figure it out at all….lol.
I have a vivid memory of my older brother picking me up from middle school in December or possibly January. It was around -32 celcius which was pretty average and the cut off for “snow days.” My brother strolled into the front doors wearing plaid shorts and flip flops and a T-shirt no joke. I didn’t even bat an eye. That was just normal behaviour 😂 I’d wear little jean skirts in the middle of winter just for the sake of fashion.
Canadian here. Clamato juice is excellent, but much better depending on how its mixed.
Canadian absolutely celebrate thanksgiving. Its as much of a big deal as it is in the US absolutely. I always travel to my parents or at my in-laws. We always hold a big meals, get together and have a bunch of people over etc.
08:14 The Caesar, such a fantastic beverage! Vodka, Clamato, Worcestershire. spiced to preference (commonly black pepper, cayenne, or hot sauce), the glass rimmed with celery salt, and garnished with almost anything, traditionally celery but can be anything pickled liked cucumber, beans, jalapenos, etc, plus many other different garnishes.
Even a slice of bacon
Invented in Calgary.
I like a Caesar before a meal ~
@@djbrown3274 agreed! Although, a proper Caesar IS essentially a meal!
And I have never heard a Canadian call it a bloody Caesar.
It is just a Caesar.
I have explained to my American friends that we celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada in early October because by late November we have a lot less to feel thankful for. I have worked at minus 56 and lower (thermometers had stopped working so not sure of the exact temperature). Cold enough that our keep-warm bonfire made out of 6-foot-long logs had water seeping out of the log ends outside the fire and forming icicles. That night I found myself standing outside my tent in my underwear and mukluks, the lake ice booming like some giant was hammering the world, as I screamed at the wolves to shut the hell up so we could sleep. Looking down and seeing an aura of cold fog seeping off my bare legs and thinking pants were a great invention. As for saying sorry, I am guilty of saying sorry for bumping the dog who was trying to get past me at the fridge and sorry to the coffee table after backing up into it. The coffee table said "No problem" so that might have been a kinda weird night all around. It's all a bit fuzzy... sorry.
😂LOL I screamed at the wolves to shut the hell up so we could sleep! That is Definitely a Canadian thing to do! Apologizing to inanimate objects when we bump into them lol I do that all the time in my house! I mean I also yell at the doorframe for not moving out of my way again when I shoulder checked it because I didn't go through the middle of the door. No matter how much I yell at them the damb door frame & the corners of wall will not move out my way even though I wish they would.😂😅 I'm like move outta my way people & things I'm coming through!🤣 my motto is Hey! Watch where I'm going! People should watch where I'm going & walk wide around me to avoid injury.😂 I'm walking fast so steer clear!
I'm a Nova Scotian and I've apologized to a few mannequins in stores as well as many of my pets too lol
Canadian crop harvest is normally around October, where is where Thanksgiving came from. whereas American crop harvest is normally November
My wife and I have been to Cuba a couple of times, where it may not be as fancy, and extravagant as other Caribbean locales, the people are wonderful, and we have always felt like royalty when we are there.
As a former bartender who lives in Canada getting a shot of Clamato with a pint of beer is very common. I honestly didn’t know Clamato was a Canadian thing until a couple years ago
"Old Dutch" is only found in Canada. Yes we call them chips.
And are orders of magnitude better than the crap Hostess sells.
When I was at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, October/November/December was big meal time. At the North American dining facility called Niagara, we had Canadian Thanksgiving meal, US Thanksgiving and of course, Christmas! LOL And each meal had all the regular fixins you would expect. Glorious.
Im Canada we mostly use Chips but Crisps can also be used interchangably. The Eastern half of Canada its more common to hear Crisps than the western half but mostly Chips. The cool thing about Canada is we use both American and British English so both can be used and understood. We also use both the metric system (like the rest of the world) and Imperial measurments. Our ovens even show both temperatures because some recipes we use are American and some are British.
Dude, wonderful learning and expanding of knowledge bases and bringing worlds together! My father was born in & raised in Cyldebank... I am the youngest of 4 & born & raised in Canada making me Canadian with Scottish siblings, father and a link! My father was born 1937 and was very lucky to make it through the Blitz! So your accent is very familiar and nostalgic!! Mind you I am watching this vid & was dumbfounded with what seems to be a huge lack of what I had just alwayswas a normal and natural thing for me to know "everything" about being Scottish like I thought, naturally, that Scots have the equivelant knowledge of us Canadians! There are so many similarities!! Example: Canada's general viewpoint and opinion of The Country that shares your southern border isn't that dis-similar to the Country that shares our southern border! LoL. At one point in time, the "Maritime" Region of Canada/N. America was attached to the British Isles and Western Europe but my Dad used to go to the Maritimes, hee'd say the only thing missing is the Heather!
Fun video. We absolutely call our dollar coins Loonies and Toonies. The idea of Clamato juice sounds like it should be gross, but it is surprisingly delicious especially when spicy, when you drink it you don't really taste the clam. Milk does come in bags where I live in Canada, it seems normal to me, sorry.
Clamato is also an acquired taste.
I dont like ketchup potato chips but I love prawn cocktail crisps, and I'm Cdn,
@@susans2599 Have you tried No Name Ketchup potato chips? I love them!
I live in Alberta and swear I’ve literally never seen bagged milk in my life
Bagged milk is an Ontario/Eastern Canada thing. I live in Saskatchewan.
I love that you Canucks are so unique people 🇨🇦 ❤ It’s interesting that your winters are as cold as here in Oslo. Actually it looks like you get more snow than we do, although I’m further north ❄️ I’m as north as your Territories 😮
Here in Europe we believe that Santa is from Finland 😊 Sorrey 😂
I would really like to try ketchup chips.
Last; I so love Walk of the Earths version of
O Canada! Love your anthem ❤ 🇨🇦
My mother was born a couple miles outside the arctic circle in Sweden. She moved to Toronto when she was 20 (one of the southernmost places in Canada). She wrongly assumed that Toronto would have been much warmer because it’s much farther south than where she lived. Her Swedish jackets weren’t warm enough for the Canadian winter. I’m not educated enough to say why but this is because in Europe typically the air moves from the south to the north so you get Mediterranean air all the way up to the arctic circle where as in Canada we get arctic air moving down to us.
Also make sure you try out our tomato clam broth drink. You can put an absurd amount of vodka in them and you can hardly taste the alcohol. Definitely my favourite drink, and very easy to get drunk off of lol.
Ketchup chips are great but I’m not sure why they never talk about our nearly exclusively Canadian chips, the “all dressed” chips in these videos. They’re great too.
We are actually not that unique and most of us hold on to our original ethnicities. I'm Canadian on paper but if you ask me I'm French.
@@NotLeftarded1
Yeah, I understand. I might have seen Canadians as a group with the same charming accent and the way of behaving. But I also know that every ethnicity keeps their culture in Canada, and I think that is kinda unique for Canadians.
@@MonicaMaria2175 LoL 🤣 I sound American when I speak English cuz I've watched so many American films. I can't even write my own language anymore. Well I can but it looks like something a 6-year-old put together. I'm not in Quebec. Still speak it fluently however.
Only a few places in Canada get a lot of snow, usually due to storms passing over the Great Lakes and picking up a lot of moisture. Where I grew up in Northern Ontario we'd get snow from the end of October through to April, but never all that much at a time. It just stays around.
I've worked at Canada Post for 34 years . 20 years as a mailman . My ex wife and I volunteered to be Santa Elve's ... ie: respond to letters from Santa . You read a child's letter and reply on official santa stationary . Most kids ask for toys .... some poor kids ask for the return of a loved one . We do our best .
Loved reading about us! I'm so proud to be a Canuck and I live here in New Scotland! We call them chips! We do say I'm sorry all the time! Yes, we always call them loonies and toonies. Our winters are not as frigid as they used to be, but can get quite cold and stormy. I would love to visit Scotland someday; where my grandmother came from! 😊
Canadian thanksgiving means being thankful for a good harvest, a good crop, a good year....and since we enjoy winter in October (in some provinces) it is the logical time to partake in the bounty. Because it seems to originate with Frobishers era - It really is not tied in any other way to American thanksgiving - but slowly their small earmarks end up on our tables (pilgrims, shopping, parades and football) and that makes it richer I think. Shouldn't we all be thankful
for my family [prairie Canadian] Thanksgiving has always been where family gathers for a large feast honouring everything we have to be thankful for. The bounty, cornucopia we have in all areas of our lives ~~
Enjoy winter😂
Yes, Loonie and Toonie really are the only words used to describe the physical coins. You might say you have a certain amount of money in change, but if they ask you specifically about a coin, it's exactly like quarter, dime, etc.
"Loonie" for crazy person has the same meaning here, that's why it's funny as a pun. It's also reminiscent of Looney Tunes, which gives toonie a double double-meaning. 😉
And there is the other Canadianism :) Double double at Timmies.....
Only true in the rest of Canada but in quebec its just a 1 dollars coin or a 2 dollars coin. I literally never heared the term loonie or toonie of my life lol.
No pennies 🎉
One other comment on the language issue is that in areas where French and English are common, School children often speak using both languages as often it is easier to express a concept in one language that the other. Often heard it called Franglais - a combination of the French words for French then English.
I saved every Santa letter for my four kids! They are in their 40’s and I still have them! From 1973 to 1999! Love your accent!🇨🇦
Thanksgiving in Canada is actually “Harvest” Thanksgiving so we celebrate Thanksgiving at harvest time. By October most people who still grow their own vegetables are pulling their gardens up because nothing is going to grow much beyond that time of the year. By then we are starting to prepare for snow and the cold winters. We get a lot of farmers markets at that time… but with television more and more Canadians are being influenced by American culture. Most Canadians probably don’t realize that our Thanksgiving is about good harvests (probably a remnant from our mostly European ancestors) rather than the whole Plymouth Pilgrims and the Native Americans saving them from starvation. Think of it as Americans celebrate history while Canadians celebrate the season.
As a Canadian I can confirm that we do in fact go out sometimes in shorts in the winter. Sometimes without a jacket too. It really depends how bad the weather is that day and what we had on previously vs. What we have to do.
In terms of the letters to Santa, it’s been around for as long as I can remember (I’m 32 now) and yes if you write to the specific postal code during the Christmas season you will get a handwritten reply. It’s definitely special for small children and just part of what makes the holiday season magical around here.
I walked to school my grade 12 year all winter I lost a bet and walked to school in shorts tshirt and sandals
Clamato tastes very differently than tomato juice. You should try it if you got the chance! :) Even in Quebec, bloody ceasars are always a must have in any gatherings!
When we host Japanese high school students, the first food they want to try is Ketchup Potato chips and Poutine. Some Americans also wear shorts in the snow in winter. Crisps are called chips in Canada, but in my travels through Canada and the US, French Fries are called chips. I think I was in Buffalo NY or Detroit MI when I ordered a hamburger and chips, and I was disappointed getting a plate with a hamburger and soft French Fries. We also get French Fries with our "Fish and Chips".
Thanksgiving in the US is a larger celebration because it is also tied to American Football and being closer to Christmas, retailers take advantage of the day by starting their Black Friday sales the day after Thanksgiving. When I was really young, milk was delivered to our front door in glass bottles. When home delivery ended, milk was sold in grocery stores in larger plastic bottles. While there were smaller containers of milk, it was more economical to buy the larger jug. For small families, such as my mom and I, the milk would sometimes go sour before we could finish the jug. When the three plastic bags were introduced, opening one bag at a time meant that the milk did not sour as quickly. The sealed bags allowed the milk to last longer.
We love our loonies and toonies and yes, they are part of our natural lexicon. You'd rarely/never hear a Canadian say "Do you happen to have a one dollar coin?". Ketchup chips (we do say chips, not crisps) are the bomb! Bloody Caesars made with clamato are super yummy (and I do not like seafood but, it doesn't taste or smell fishy) and when I'm in the U.S. and ask for one, they rarely have clamato (although I have found a few states do have it now) and I find Bloody Mary's so bland. I love that our Thanksgiving is in the correct month (October) as it gives us a long weekend and a space before Christmas. I think the U.S. makes more about Thanksgiving though. As far as I know, more people travel during their Thanksgiving weekend to friends and family than at Christmas and I think Canadians are the opposite. Oh and yes, many Canadians like Cuba because of the friendly people and the amazing beaches. Also, if you live in the east like I do (Toronto), it's a very quick flight to an inexpensive sun destination). It's fun watching you learn about Canadians!
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I’m in Kingston ❤💪🇨🇦
Shorts in snow, it’s invigorating! But I wouldn’t be out for an hour, I often shovel the driveway in shorts… keeps the neighbours away 😆
it gets down to -40 C here in central Saskatchewan yet I wear shorts every day of the year.
I worked outside for most of my life so I'm acclimated to the cold, but I wear pants and safety gear when required.
I've worked in the Arctic and lived in a tent during December when it got down to -55C plus wind chill. Yes, I get cold, but I really appreciate warmth and a cold beer when the day is done
After a long cold winter, as soon as it warms up to -10°C and above you start seeing shorts and t-shirts.
And Ketchup flavoured chips are indeed delicious
Thanksgiving is a very family-oriented holiday and I feel not quite as commercialized by the media as much as in the U.S. The traditional foods served are very similar though (Turkey being the main protein) with various side dishes of course. Different casseroles as sides seem to be more common south of the border.
Only family oriented if your family gives a crap about you
If they don't a tradition dies and becomes a day you hate
I remember (vaguely) when the "Loonie" was first introduced. My reaction then was, "Hey, cool! They're giving us gold coins now!". I was a typical naive 8 year old LOL. By extension, when the 2 dollar coin came out, it just seemed a natural evolution to start calling it the "Toonie" or "Twoonie". Being a maritimer, wearing shorts in winter can be considered a relatively common thing to see (and few would look twice or even remark on it) as we can experience all 4 seasons in the span of 1 day. 😂
Oh my God! I experienced the all 4 seasons in 1 day when I went to Cape Briton in October. The morning was negative temp, I could see the rain coming my way off the Atlantic, then I had to strip to a T-shirt in the afternoon. I very fondly remember those days and the view ❤.
@@ToudaHellyup, super normal here in the Maritimes. I joke (sort of) that i use my neighbour who goes outside to smoke as a weather vane - if she's wearing a coat its cold, if her hair is blowing it's windy, if she's wet it's raining etc lol. I recall when i was in highschool in September we'd go to school in the morning in wool sweaters, mittens and mini skirts after scraping the windshield for mum, by lunch you'd have stripped down to t-shirt and packed your sweater and mitts in your bookbag. By 3pm, you could burn your legs on a leather car seat and we would go home, drop our stuff, change into our bathing suits and sandals and go swimming in the lake or ocean. The same night you have to put your heater on at night. Totally normal 🇨🇦 Now with global warming we can do all this in October or even January (with the exception of the bathing suit/swimming) We can almost never pack away seasonal clothing because we need it all-all year round)🇨🇦 ❤
Loonies and Toonies are literally the only name we have for those coins 😂.
I can assure you the clamato-based Ceasar is vastly more flavourful and robust than a straight Bloody Mary drink. You'd think it may taste "fishy" perhaps but it certainly does not! I think the drink stems from the Maritime provinces
Also I wrote Santa every year when I was a child and I always received a reply! It made him feel much more real
Nope the Clamato-based Caesar definitely originated in Calgary, Alberta.
I love the Canadian lore of the loonie/toonie. I was in Guatemala with Habitat for Humanity. We were building a house, and put a loonie in the cement foundation for good luck and prosperity to the new family
I got to touch the “lucky loonie” at the hockey hall of fame, back when they still let you touch it, it started getting worn from all the people touching it, so they encased it behind glass, still a cool story, those Olympic Games were a magical time for Canadian hockey 🇨🇦
Thanksgiving in canada is originally more about harvest season while American Thanksgiving seems to be more about the pilgrims and have American patriotism elements and stuff like that. Similar holiday but the vibes are different imo.
There is that mythogized pilgrim history stuff but really in US it is about being thankful.
Definitely more of a harvest season, especially since its in early October
Did you know the original "Thanksgiving" was about the Pilgrim's slaughter of the Pequot people?
In my experience Thanksgiving is pretty much just an excuse to get together with family and eat good food.
Not even close, it's about the end of the Indian wars, the same as it is in The Union.
Well, as a youngster in the 60's, we young women wore our mini skirts and pantyhose outside, -25 degree's, and it was the normal way we arrived at school each day. Perhaps you are right Mert - our legs didn't feel the cold (but we were much more aware of making the boys smile ) Potato chips - come in a bag of many flavors and chips are the side you get with your hamburger. We usually like the idea of 'crisps' and 'chips' but we stick to the canadianisms. Milk bags 'can' be found in other provinces, depending on the grocery store you visit, and I love them. So nice to know that minimal pkging is being recycled, compared to the cardboard cartons. I wonder when glass milk bottles will be recycled and delivered again.....nah - too labor intensive and germaphobic I guess. That is why the bags are quick, clean and easy. Love your show - keep up the good work You are a smile at the end of the day for me
I used to go out to School..Mini Skirt..Hair soaking wet..which would freeze..be dry when I got to School..lol
Canadian thanksgiving is about the harvest. It used to be commonly called Harvest THANKSGIVING and often farmers brought part of their harvest to decorate the altar of the local church on the Sunday morning. That food was often given to others who might have need of it. Unfortunately many Canadians have grown up thinking we celebrate this holiday in the same way Americans do.
The chips for me always salt & vinegar. That milk bag joke was priceless
The one-dollar coin picked up its nickname because people initially did not like it when it was introduced. The term "loonie" actually started as a derogatory term. The coin had a loon on it and people thought the idea of a coin replacing the one dollar bill was crazy (looney), hence "loonie", but the nickname has since become a term of affection. The two-dollar coin became known as the "twonie" because it equals "two loonies". However, for a brief period, some people referred to it as a "doubloon", as a reference to the old Spanish doubloon coin and the fact it is a "double loonie". "Twonie" was much more popular, and "doubloon" has since entirely disappeared.
Well it was liked when they got rid the paper for coins. Everybody pretty much hated the idea and the fact that there was a proud iconic Loon! Which was loony making money into change which is just plain LOONY! LoLLoL!!! IDK just how widely the word "Loony" to describe "Crazy". As a matter of fact, they are synonyms. So there were numerous factors that led to nicknaming.
Fun fact. The coin was not originally supposed to have a loon on it at all. The loon, I think, was the second-choice design. The original intended design was two voyageurs in a canoe, but the plates got stolen on their way to the mint - so they had to go to a back-up plan. Or something like that.
@@fredhughes4115 True. The voyageurs in a canoe design was used for silver dollars for many years prior to the loonie.
@@BoingotheClown Didn't know that.
We don't put our hand on our chest when we zing our national anthem. Anyone who does is not Canadian or they just got back from the States.
I have a weird one for you. Here in Winnipeg you'll still see folks getting slurpees (also called slushies, those ice and syrup drinks) even in the heart of our famous -40C winters. Love the content, keep on being Awesome!
We're tiny, we're toonie, we're all a little loonie, and in this cartoonie we're invading your tv 😂😂😂
Yes, we do have bagged milk here. It's odd that they would cut them open and pour them in containers... Usually you snip the corner, and pour it in your glass/cereal that way.
In Manitoba, we have not had bagged milk in many, many years - 4 L jugs (plastic), 2L & 1L milk cartons, etc is what we buy here.
We don't have it in Alberta anymore
I happen to think it's a brilliant way to package it...
@@pamelahaze3211 Indeed... Especially for larger families.
Unfortunately, in my family, only one of us can drink the pasteurized milk.
So it's better to buy carton milk for us now.
@@Keiji555 Homogenized isn't pasteurized..or is it?..lol
@@pamelahaze3211 I don't know lol
Never Crisps! I am a British, living in Canada. No one says crisps. The shorts pre-season is SO accurate. They just cannot wait to get those shorts on! I think the "mailman" with shorts/pants rolled up, prevents getting them wet in the snow. The 1 dollar "loonie" silver (Loon bird on the back), 'Toonie' (as in two dollars) has gold-coloured centre, silver rim. It's named just to denote the difference between the 1 and the 2 dollars. Oddly, we say 'Tomayto', rather than the English version of tomato, yet Clamato IS called Clamato, like the English. We seem to love our clams; especially on the eastern coast, they are fresher. Crunchy fried ones, from Big Spot, Newcastle, NB are so darn good. The Clamato juice has a less bitter tomato flavour. Common ingredients include herbs, spices, vegetables, and citrus fruits. While the exact ingredients vary by brand, some of the most popular add-ins include celery, onions, garlic, and green olives. So, it's more savory and sweet than plain tomato juice. Why not send notes to Santa, it is just to the North of us and when I last checked, it was ours? (Hey the Americans refer to it as ours). As you know, many Americans have no clue where Canada is!! LOL. Remember, there is a Big difference between Canada and US. But, we are actually more connected in a political sense...living next to the big elephant that manipulates the rest of the world, yet has a rubbish sense of world Geography. Yes! It's nice to go to a place where there are no Americans....they are so much Louder! They are crazy having a Turkey dinner Thanksgiving so close to Christmas. We celebrate sooner. Btw, the word "oot" for out, really related to the "Easterners" or East Coast Canadians' dialects. It's a big deal, Thanksgiving! Check out Thanksgiving (Canadian) in Wiki. It's based on some historical facts.
Loonie is gold (coloured).
The Flavors of Chips are diverse in Canada, and some have been limited editions and some are still available. To mention a few, there is dill pickle, Ketchup, sour cream and onion, Sour cream and cheddar, Sour cream and bacon, roast Chicken, fries and gravy, loaded potato skins, Au Gratian, Sour cream and Jalapeno, Regular (of Course), Sea Salt and Black Pepper, All dressed (which is many of the previously mentioned flavors all thrown in together), Smokey Bacon and I know I am forgetting more. Clamato is my favorite tomato juice although I don't drink alcohol. Milk in bags was once available all across the country, but now is only available in Eastern Canada, the western Provinces didn't like to have to wash a dish to hold milk, we prefer the plastic jugs that most Americans enjoy their milk in. Although I think in one or two provinces you can get it in both, not sure though.
Clamato in a Ceasar is insanely good. Bit of worchestershire sauce, bit of hot sauce, a pickled bean and whatever else savory or sour you feel like for a garnish. So good!
We say ‘chips’ universally, but don’t go AS nuts as Americans over Thanksgiving.
Yes been going to Cuba since 1982. Nice people, amazing beaches, even brought a dag back to Canada with us. 😊
After the winter and spring starts to arrive, -5C is warm and is definitely t-shirt and jeans without jacket is very comfortable for outside during the day.
Older ex-pat Cdn here.
Have lived in the States and now am in Aus.
Bagged milk extended the life of the volume. Can even freeze milk in that bag for later.
They are chips!
Other different flavours include Dill Pickle and All Dressed. Ketchup came out when I was a kid, it was so exciting!
The no pants thing is very dependent, they'd be walking from one warm interior setting to a warm car, to another warm environment. These people would have heated car seats! This also would depend on whether this was Vancouver or not, many different climate zones and weather.
Feet, hands, head and whole body are the most important areas to consider, the body comes first. We must keep our organs warm first, hence the big jackets.
The Loonie came about when they switched paper for metal, and the nickname was rather obvious, it has an eastern national symbol, the loon, on it.
Let's be grateful they didn't put a Canadian Goose on it!!
Twoonies replaces the $2 notes, and because of it being two different metals and nicely rhyming with Loonie, it just followed logic for us! lol
I agree with you, tomato juice isn't very appealing but the clam gives a really nice depth to it. I'd drink a full glass of Clamato vs tomato juice any day.
Think seafood in a spiced up tomato sauce, or a chowder, it works well.
Thanksgiving was first celebrated in Canada in 1578.
US Thanksgiving was first celebrated in October of 1621. It's since moved to November.
You have no idea how many times I've taken the garbage out to the bin bare foot in 10 inches of snow. lol
For sure - Me too. :}
And don't forget the bagged milk trick! You don't cut just one corner ... you cut the bigger hole in the front and a smaller one in the back ! No muss no fuss!😂
Clamato juice is awesome and we generally don't refer to the drink as a 'Bloody Caesar', we just call it a Caesar.
In Canadian English it's 'chips'. Canadians order 400 million caesars annually so it's a hugely popular cocktail. I'm not big on tomato juice either but do like caesars. It's a good thing to order if you want an alcoholic drink and to fuel up at the same time. Regarding the anthem, some times I've heard it sung in an aboriginal language.
I think people make it at home alot more then they order it. Atless mt familly. so its extremly popular
Ive just discovered this really cool thing about our passport. Put under black light it tells the Canadian story in full colour. I’d love to see you react to bank notes and passports
Not sure about the New Justin TURDo passeport...
Trudeau ruined them. New passports look like comics.
@@AWARHERO shut up. No one is talking about justin.
@@AWARHERO: dude I get your dislike for our PM, however, our passports are changed on a regular basis( ie every 10 or 15 years) for a reason: improved security. Changing the passport, ie its images and features, makes it harder for counterfeit ones.
If you have served in our military, thank you for your service!
Stay safe, stay sane,stay strong Ukraine 🇺🇦
@sirdavidoftor3413 It changes, sure, but did we really need a picture of Justin himself swimming in the passport images? Seems a tad vain.
Hi! Every single family in Canada buys milk in bags, (3x1L) it's cheaper & some of us even freeze it if we get it on special lol, ketchup chips (crisps) take 2nd place to salt & vinegar, Thanksgiving is no where near as big a deal as it is in the States but I promise you that Santa will always answer, no matter where you are writing him from ❤
We don't have milk in bags in the Lower Mainland, B.C.
Actually bagged milk is, for the most part, sold in Ont., Que., and the Maritimes. Western Canada has cartons and jugs.
Can confirm, AB and BC no bagged milk
I was born in Ontario and when I was young in the 50’s and 60’s our milk came in glass bottles. In the late 60’s milk started coming in bags. I moved to Alberta in 1976 and there is no bagged milk here. Waxed cardboard is the way for one and two litre containers and plastic jugs for some 2 litre and 3 litre containers. Some manufacturers only use plastic so there’s always exceptions to the rule. I don’t eat salt and vinegar chips as they make my mouth raw and I prefer Old Dutch BBQ chips especially when mixed with Cheetos! Totally delicious! All Dressed are the chips of choice for a lot of us and many American neighbours who visit have them shipped to the USA as they aren’t available there…Yet! 😂
Caesars are great! We've introduced them to our Michigan family and friends trying to spread the joy across the border.
Thanksgiving in Canada is family focused. Shopping isn’t mixed in to that like the USA.
Canadian here, kids play tons of hockey as I do. Early morning practices at 7 a.m. during the school week, I roll out of bed in my underwear and wear a hunting onesie suit (Selk bag) to load the car with our Hockey sticks and hockey bags and start driving with my Tim’s coffee. Any other time I’m wearing my shorts to get stuff from the car, get the mail down the street or to shovel snow.
I'm cutting a bag of milk now and I still think this is one of the silliest things ever 😂
As a child I did send letters to Santa, these days I monitor his trip across the world on the NORAD website, then I know when to get to bed.