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charlene · 10-11-2008, 12:10 PM

When I was a little kid my household allegiance (via my parents) was for le tricolore so I'm very aware of that name as well. Jean Beliveau was 'it' at my house. I met him about 15 years ago and my goodness what a lovely, handsome, gentleman..a true class act as he always was.
And the baseball allegiance was to The Yankees..(saw 3 games at Yankee Stadium back in late 60's I think)
Golf was Arnold and Jack..
CFL Football was Argos
NFL - Joe Namath..
lol
The Sweater - a short movie at: (10 minutes)
http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/...eldon&id=13316

it begins: ": "two events were mandatory - the mass on sunday and the saturday night hockey game.." Maurice Richard was 'it' for the hockey mad French Canadians.

from wiki:
The story is widely considered an allegory for the linguistic and cultural tensions between anglophone and francophone Canadians, and an essential classic of Canadian literature. An excerpt from the story is now also commemorated in both official languages of Canada on the back of the Canadian five-dollar bill.

pic of author in his Leafs jersey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hockey_Sweater
"The Hockey Sweater" is based on the real experience of Carrier growing up in an isolated part of Quebec in the 1940s. He, like all boys his age, was a big fan of the Montreal Canadiens and their star player, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard.

When Carrier's Montreal Canadiens hockey sweater wears out, his mother writes to Eaton's to order a new one. Unfortunately, the company sends a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater, the Canadiens' bitter rivals. A loyal fan of The Canadiens, Carrier protests having to wear the new sweater. But his mother refuses to let her son wear the old worn out sweater and, apparently unaware of the business's traditional policy they advertised, "Goods satisfactory, or money refunded", insists that if they were to return the sweater it may offend Mr. Eaton, himself a Leafs fan. As a result, young Carrier is forced to wear the Leafs sweater to his hockey game, feeling humiliated before the other players on the ice, each proudly wearing Canadiens sweaters.

10-11-2008, 12:10 PM	#21
charlene Moderator Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 16,001	Re: Happy Thanksgiving! When I was a little kid my household allegiance (via my parents) was for le tricolore so I'm very aware of that name as well. Jean Beliveau was 'it' at my house. I met him about 15 years ago and my goodness what a lovely, handsome, gentleman..a true class act as he always was. And the baseball allegiance was to The Yankees..(saw 3 games at Yankee Stadium back in late 60's I think) Golf was Arnold and Jack.. CFL Football was Argos NFL - Joe Namath.. lol The Sweater - a short movie at: (10 minutes) http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/...eldon&id=13316 it begins: ": "two events were mandatory - the mass on sunday and the saturday night hockey game.." Maurice Richard was 'it' for the hockey mad French Canadians. from wiki: The story is widely considered an allegory for the linguistic and cultural tensions between anglophone and francophone Canadians, and an essential classic of Canadian literature. An excerpt from the story is now also commemorated in both official languages of Canada on the back of the Canadian five-dollar bill. pic of author in his Leafs jersey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hockey_Sweater "The Hockey Sweater" is based on the real experience of Carrier growing up in an isolated part of Quebec in the 1940s. He, like all boys his age, was a big fan of the Montreal Canadiens and their star player, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard. When Carrier's Montreal Canadiens hockey sweater wears out, his mother writes to Eaton's to order a new one. Unfortunately, the company sends a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater, the Canadiens' bitter rivals. A loyal fan of The Canadiens, Carrier protests having to wear the new sweater. But his mother refuses to let her son wear the old worn out sweater and, apparently unaware of the business's traditional policy they advertised, "Goods satisfactory, or money refunded", insists that if they were to return the sweater it may offend Mr. Eaton, himself a Leafs fan. As a result, young Carrier is forced to wear the Leafs sweater to his hockey game, feeling humiliated before the other players on the ice, each proudly wearing Canadiens sweaters.