A Redditor Asked How They Should Celebrate Becoming Canadian & People Have So Many Ideas
"You need a butter tart and a Nanaimo bar." 🇨🇦
A person holding a Canadian flag. Right: A Canadian passport.
Becoming a Canadian is a significant milestone and one person is asking for suggestions on how they should celebrate their new citizenship.
A person posed the question in a Reddit thread asking fellow Canadians how they should mark the occasion of becoming Canadian with their partner and hundreds of people came through with ideas.
"We just became Canadian. What should my partner and I do today to celebrate? (West Coast) Definitely going to have a Caesar for brunch," the post in a thread on the r/AskACanadian page reads.
In 48 hours of it being posted, the thread had garnered hundreds of upvotes and over 900 comments.
Many people suggested the couple celebrate by eating the most traditional Canadian desserts, including butter tarts, Nanaimo bars, beavertails and Tim Horton's Timbits.
Others recommended shots of maple syrup and poutine, which the Reddit poster seemed to like and responded to one comment with "La Belle Patate for dinner, good idea!"
"Get a Double Double, grab your toque, and go sledding," another comment in the thread reads.
One Canadian shared a cool idea which involves talking a train ride across the country. In the post they wrote that Via Rail offers a 50% discount to Canoo members on train fares for new Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
"If you have the time and money, I highly recommend getting a room on the Canadian (Vancouver to Toronto)---or go all the way out to Halifax!---and enjoy the winter landscapes (and excellent food) from the comfort of the train," they wrote.
While many suggestions were food or activity related, others joked around with their ideas.
"Complain about the weather and the price of NHL tickets," one person wrote while another said, "buy plaid shirts."
"Apologize for something (even if you didn't do anything)" a Reddit user said.
"Write a letter to the government telling them how disappointed you are about something," another comment reads.
Regardless of what the couple ends up doing, we hope they enjoy their celebration!
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