Christmas has finally arrived in Western Canada so on behalf of all the admins and moderators I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! Of course while we do encourage everyone to spend time with their family and celebrate the holidays we want you to be back on beyond after so please celebrate responsibly and do not drink and drive!
Merry Christmas!
Joyeux Noel!
Seng Dan Fai Lok!
Maligayang Pasko!
Feliz Navidad!
Frohe Weihnachten!
Natale allegro!
Vrolijk kerstfeest!
Santa has already delivered presents to millions of kids around the world as he works his way around the world. He started earlier this morning in Auckland, New Zealand and as I write this he is in Mina Jabal Ali, United Arab Emirates. You can track Santa’s movements via the Norad Tracks Santa website.
Norad (and its predecessor CONAD) has been tracking Santa since 1955 when Sears ran an advertisement letting children know they could call Santa to talk to him. The ad ran a misprinted phone number that lead to the desk of the CONAD Commander in Chief’s operations hotline. Colonel Harry Shoup instructed all of his staff to play along and answer the kids questions on the whereabouts of Santa and a tradition was born.
We’ve been having a little fun here at the office calling the Norad hotline inquiring where Santa is. Incredibly, they actually have people on the other end answering calls. I thought it would be a recording of some sort. For some fun, give them a call at 1-877-HI-NORAD (1 877 446-6723).
In this weekly segment, we cover the top discussions going on in the automotive forums. These threads may be the most recent hot topics, or epic threads that we just wanted to dig up and feature.
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Do You Recline Your Seat on Flights?
There were clearly two distinct sides to this debate. I never really thought much about reclining my seat when I fly. As soon as the wheels are up, my seat is always reclined as far as it will go. I’m all about maximizing comfort when flying and apparently many people find my actions extremely rude. Whats your take? Do you recline your seat? I’ll be honest though, if I was asked to move my seat back up a bit I would raise it back up a bit.
Is Canada Bending Over Backwards For Immigrants?
Everytime I read about another holiday being renamed in order to “not offend minorities” I feel that a little bit of Canadian culture is being washed away. We’re told that we should be saying Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas, and more recently Happy Orange and Black Day instead of Happy Halloween. This is absurd! If new immigrants do not celebrate our holidays or do not understand our traditions, we should be teaching them about Canadian culture not pussifying our culture so they aren’t offended when we celebrate Christmas and Halloween.
Halloween 2008 Pumpkin Thread
Hey, if Halloween offends you please don’t check this thread out! Members have posted some of their pumpkins that they have carved. If you haven’t already done so, post a picture of your jack-o-lantern and share with the community your work of art.
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