It’s Christmas Day in Canada and that means family, friends and snow. And this year, it also means thousands of people in Eastern Canada without electricity, (Please see sidebar.)
As we told you yesterday, a new Angus Reid Global poll suggests that having Christmas dinner and getting together with family and friends will unite over eight in 10 Canadians.
All that eating and conversing today is coming on the heels of a sharing of presents by most families, especially those with children–although more and more Canadians are forsaking presents to donate to those in need.
Weather? Canada may have written the book on Christmas and snow–the famous White Christmas. Most of the country is covered in snow today. And most Canadians–as well as Americans living in the northern states–will tell you that’s just the way they like it.
Canadian actor Michael Rudder is surrounded by snow at his house in the Eastern Townships region of the province of Quebec.
Perhaps, because his house is located 10 miles from Vermont. Rudder shares a kinship with the great American poet Robert Frost, who made his home in that state and wrote much of winter.
Certainly, because he is generous of spirit, Rudder shares a great kinship and empathy with children everywhere.
We asked him to share some Christmas memories and read some poetry. He graciously accepted–sharing his love of Frost and A. A. Milne, most famous as the creator of Winnie the Pooh.
He joins RCI’s Terry Haig
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