An anniversary with an asterisk

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Folks are celebrating today as the 55th anniversary of the premiere of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Which, well…

Do you remember how I told you that Canadians got to see A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving before those of us who live in the United States did? Oh, sure you do. They used “Canadian Thanksgiving” as an excuse.

Well, it turns out they got Great Pumpkin a day ahead of the US!

What are you gonna tell me, “Canadian Halloween”? Or is it just that CBC comes before CBS in the alphabet??

Or is it that Canadians are secretly trying to undermine us at every turn? I hear they’ve even infiltrated our National Hockey League now!

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