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Sen. Walter Sobchak

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14. My First Christmas in Canada...

Reply to ucrdem (Original post)

Fri Dec 26, 2014, 04:48 PM

Dec 2014

My parents came up to spend it with me, on Christmas evening my mother realized she had forgotten the cable for her camera at home so I ventured out to Best Buy at Northland Mall in Calgary the next morning, where I walked through the door to the sight of two girls clawing each other's eyes out for a $79 Moto RAZR and the line for the check-out snaking around the store several times.

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What is Boxing Day, anyway? [View all] ucrdem Dec 2014 OP

Oh, I was going to tell you again.. but you already had it goin' on! Cha Dec 2014 #1

Oh yeah any day that's a holiday can't be bad! ucrdem Dec 2014 #2

Yeah, I'm sure I would have celebrated had I been born over there.. Cha Dec 2014 #3

WTF? You don't get the day after christmas off?? Violet_Crumble Dec 2014 #4

Thanks for Violet.. very interesting! Cha Dec 2014 #6

We don't get day after off ...but... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #9

At my company our US employees get Christmas Eve off. dilby Dec 2014 #11

That's just one theory. TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #7

Gee -- and here I thought rogerashton Dec 2014 #8

That's funny! BillZBubb Dec 2014 #10

The USA version of Boxing Day is Black Friday. Kablooie Dec 2014 #12

It takes its name from the crazed shoppers punching each other out. n/t Orsino Dec 2014 #13

My First Christmas in Canada... Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2014 #14

I heard something different but plausible jmowreader Dec 2014 #15

LOL! All this time I thought it was about 'boxing' as in 'sports.' I thought it was crazy. Thanks! freshwest Dec 2014 #16

I thoght so too, for years. Quantess Dec 2014 #17

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