Ah, yes. Another bout of email banter, brought to you by Focus’ Creative Services Department. I bet you’re wondering if we work. At ALL…
Email #1: FYI – I’ll be out of the office from Dec. 24 – Jan. 1. I’m going to visit American Santa Claus. JULIE
Email #2: I guess his suit is red, white AND blue, then??? ::meghan::
Email #3: Exactly, my dear. And he has a Southern accent (“Merry Christmas, y’all!”) JULIE
Email #4: …and watches NASCAR… Jim
Email #5: …and drinks Jack Daniels. Ooops, no, wait — Bad Santa. Actually, isn’t that a movie? Would it go over for our December movie lunch? Subby
Email #5(2): Lol… “Can I fix you some sandwiches???” “What’s with you and your freakin’ sandwhiches?” – Bad Santa. American Santa also prays to “little baby Jesus,” like Ricky Bobby… 
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zKDC2iBQTYg ::meghan::
Email #6: I was going to mention good ol’ Jack, but figured it wasn’t Focus-approved talk. You realize that they can track all of our emails, right? Jim
Email #7: BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING Muriel
Email #8: And we all know that Canadian Santa is a hockey-playing, Tim Horton’s sipping, lumberjack of a guy who says, “eh” a lot. Is he fluent in French as well? JULIE
Email #9: Nope… Mandarin. Jim
Email #10: …and he’s gonna sing the national anthem at the Olympics in Inuktitut (is that how you spell it?) Subby
Email #11: And Punjabi. He also drives a dogsled, lives in an igloo, drinks beer & Maple Syrup like it’s going out of style, catches salmon with his bare hands and wears a Surrey Dinner Jacket on every day but Christmas. ::meghan::
Email #12: That’s awesome. JULIE
Email #13: As an editorial aside, the only reason we carry these ‘southern U.S. stereotypes’ is because that is what the American media perpetuates and feeds us. I’m sure that it’s mutual with the Canadian stereotypes one finds in the US as well. Jim
Email #14: For Julie: Canadianisms quiz. Tell us your score! ::meghan::
Email #15: 7 out of 10! (I’m a good guesser) JULIE
Email #16: Good job! You can be an honourary Canadian…hoser. ::meghan::
Email #17: Gee, thanks.
JULIE
