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Wishing all of our Canadian clients a very happy Thanksgiving – hoping you get to enjoy a long weekend with friends and family!

No, we haven’t muddled up our calendars, or lost our marbles! For many businesses, this really IS the time to make Christmas plans; December (or even November) unfortunately is far too late. We all know that stores get well ahead with their planning – ‘Back to School’ sales start before school is even done for the summer and – in late August – we already spotted not only Thanksgiving (this was in Canada, where Thanksgiving is early October) but also Halloween themes. I’m pretty sure you could also find Christmas gift wrap and decorations already if you really looked!   What will your business do to celebrate the Christmas season? Are you planning a staff party? You’d better have already booked your date and venue! Planning to send your c ...

For me, the main significance of Labour (or Labor – depending whether one is north or south of the 49th parallel!) Day has generally been that it is the last weekend of summer; a last ‘hoorah’ before returning to school or work. As such there’s a certain sadness about it, at least for those who enjoy summer and don’t really look forward to the change of pace and return to cooler weather that September often brings. At the same time, there’s a sort of desperation to make the best of the long weekend, to extract the maximum pleasure from every moment before the inexorable slide into fall and winter.   However, there’s a greater significance behind what has now just become another enjoyable long weekend for most Canadians and Americans.   Th ...