Happy Canada Day

July 1st is Canada Day. Seems I missed it every time since I live in Canada, much like I've missed every 4th of July while in the USA. Anyway, here is what you are supposed to do: "Canada Day is celebrated with barbeques, parades, music, and of course fireworks in the evening in most of the cities especially in Ottawa with thousands Canadian flags and Canadians singing Oh Canada." Ideally this sounds like this:



If you want to sing along, here's the lyrics, comes of course in English and French.

Besides singing and barbequeing you are apparently supposed to buy lots of stuff in red and white with a maple leaf on it, like flags, hats, towels, pens, keyrings and flip-flops that they sell everywhere from mother's day on. I am pretty sure you can equip your whole household in Oh-Canada-design if you'd try. Anyway, I am in Paris (France, not Paris, Ontario), but happy holidays to our Canadian visitors :-)

Posted by Anonymous

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