Hi All,

We Canadians don't take our Thanksgiving as seriously as our friends in the US. We do the Turkey thing, but it's not the same thing as far as family getting together.

However, one of the things that I think is universal ( not as Canadians, but rather Big Screen enthusiasts ) is celebrating occasions on the big screen.

Christmas, for our family, is Holiday Inn and White Christmas. The week lead-up to Halloween brings cheesie slasher movies followed by a horror great on Halloween night. Canadian Thanksgiving, for our family, only has one remarkable film .. Pieces of April.

How about you?

Jonathan

Scooby Doo Halloween. There were a lot of kids, and it is October.

Jim

Munsters Go Home actually was a decent dvd transfer (to my aged simplistic eyes at least) that I watched last weekend. The chalky skin tones and general "monsters just want to fit into society as normal people" mentality was great. Now this was viewed on a HCMW 106" with X1 via 480i faroudja, but was nice and smooth from a 20' seat...YMMV

Of course Nightmare Before Christmas is another great transitional film to bring us from October into December.

We Canadians don't take our Thanksgiving as seriously as our friends in the US. We do the Turkey thing, but it's not the same thing as far as family getting together.

Why is that? I realize it's on Monday, and that's a difficult day on which to have a big holiday, but it seems that the Americans I know who also live in Canada take this holiday more seriously than the Canadians living there. (We of course celebrated it on Sunday to give everyone a full day to recover.)

Jim

Double-header football (Canadian) on the big screen for me. Big dinner was Sunday with all the family. Turn off projector after the 2nd game, got soem fresh air, came back, and had just enough time to squeeze in a Blu-ray viewing of Casino Royale. :D

Hi All,

We Canadians don't take our Thanksgiving as seriously as our friends in the US. We do the Turkey thing, but it's not the same thing as far as family getting together.

However, one of the things that I think is universal ( not as Canadians, but rather Big Screen enthusiasts ) is celebrating occasions on the big screen.

Christmas, for our family, is Holiday Inn and White Christmas. The week lead-up to Halloween brings cheesie slasher movies followed by a horror great on Halloween night. Canadian Thanksgiving, for our family, only has one remarkable film .. Pieces of April.

How about you?

Jonathan

It was a room full of kids and Cars on Blu Ray at my house. Funny thing is, the adults enjoyed it more than the kids!!!

Why is that? I realize it's on Monday, and that's a difficult day on which to have a big holiday, but it seems that the Americans I know who also live in Canada take this holiday more seriously than the Canadians living there. (We of course celebrated it on Sunday to give everyone a full day to recover.)

Jim

I think pretty much all the Canadians celebrate it on Sunday too ... for the same reason.

Friends and local family will often get together, but I don't personaly know of any family's where the entire extended family will travel great distances for the big get-together. That type of big 'family reunion' type get-together seems quite a bit more common common States-side.

Christmas is much more common for the big get-togethers up here ... but you guys do that too!


Jonathan