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Q.If you couldchoose ONE famousperson to invite overto your house forChristmas dinner,who would youchoose?

Largestwordsmentionedmost

frequently

Q. Which of the following greetings are you most likelyto use when you greet someone at this time of year?

Q. Will you decorate your house thisChristmas season?

Q. Which of thefollowing are youmost likely to eat forChristmas dinner?

Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays

Seasons Greetings

Neither

Yes

No

Roast turkey

Vegetarian meal

Roast lamb

Roast beefRoast pork

Roast chicken

Something else

90%of Canadians arecelebratingChristmas

In 2011, 92% of Canadianscelebrated Christmas

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ChristmasChristmas traditions arent

changing much over the years, anew poll released hursday sug-gests.

Most Canadians still plan to dec-orate their houses and eat a roastturkey for dinner, according to asurvey of 1,505 Canadians, con-ducted by Abacus Data this week for QMI Agency.

Most Canadians are still very traditional when it comes toChristmas, although the majority arent celebrating it as a religiousholiday, Abacus Data CEO DavidColetto said.

Of the 1,346 people surveyed who said they planned to celebrateChristmas, 41% said they celebrateit as a religious holiday, with 50%celebrating it as a secular holiday and 9% unsure.

More than three-quarters of those celebrating Christmas planto decorate their houses, and are

most likely to roast a Christmasturkey to mark the occasion.

An ot he r thi ng th at ha sn tbudged much over the years, evenas the countrys ethnic makeupcontinues to change, is the way wegreet each other over the holidays.

Merry Christmas is still thepreferred expression to greet peo-ple over the course of the season.

he survey also asked Cana-dians to name one famous per-son they would choose to inviteto Christmas dinner. Answers were spread out and ranged frompolitical (Barack Obama, 5%, andStephen Harper, 2%), to pop-cul-ture (Celine Dion and Oprah Win-frey, 2%), to religious (Jesus, 2%,and the Dalai Lama, 1%).

Te survey has a margin of errorof 2.6%, 19 times out of 20.

QMI Agency

21%of Canadians will be

travelling out of townthis holiday season

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76%

17%

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5%

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20%

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Q. This holiday season, will you bespending more, less or about thesame as last year?

More

About the same

Less

I dont exchange gifts

Unsure

9%

54%

30%

6%

2%

10%

52%

29%

6%

4%

1%

4%

2%

2%

1%

14%

17%

Christmas traditions hold strong for Canadians

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Merry Christmas!