When that crisp fall air leaves your cheeks like fresh apples, and you start having to layer up in big wooly sweaters and slosh through cold ponds with rubber boots – it’s time to start mowing down on split pea soup, tortiere and squash.


The Décor

You best have a Hudson Bay blanket tossed somewhere
Maple leaf etchings or bark stencils would make cute place settings
Have a toy deer placed on the table with pine cones by his ankles
Red and white checkered tablecloth
Drizzle some quarters – moose up decorating the circumference of plates
Snowshoes hung on the wall
Pictures of the Dion

Who am I??? – The Canadian Personality Game!

Tape a piece of paper to the backs of your guests and get them to walk around the room and ask people questions until they guess who they are. Winner gets a blue jay cap – last person to guess gets maple syrup on their face and a beaver tail slap.

Suggested Personalities
Anne of Green Gables
Margaret Trudeau
Samuel de Champlain
Jean Chretien
Mary Pickford
Scott Speedman
Rita McNeil
Alan Thicke
Brian Orser
Daria Webowy
Peaches
Pamela Anderson
Hal Johnson from Body Break

The Music
Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
Feist – One Evening
Arcade Fire – Wake Up
Neil Young – A Heart of Gold
Sarah Slean – Parasol
Sam Roberts – Canadian Dream
Tegan and Sara – Walking with a Ghost
April Wine – Bad Side of the Moon
Leonard Cohen – So Long Marianne
Cowboy Junkies – Sweet Jane
Stompin Tom Connors – Bud the Spud (play this when you are tanked and want to do a potato jig in the middle of living room)
(Absolutely no Anne Murray)

The Food!

Tortiere
Pig Foot
Tarte a Sucre
Pea Soup
Moose Droppings
Poutine
Vegetable Medley depending on harvest
Apple Dumplings
PRIME RIB

The Drink!
Choose from a plethora of local wineries
Beer – Mill Street, Creemore
Apple Cider

The Apparel
Must wear plaid
Rubber boots
Jeans – classic no skinny
Grey cashmere sweaters
Wooly socks
Crisp, white undies

Makeup
No makeup – only Vaseline on lips permitted