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\n2.Holidays—Canada—Juvenile  \nliterature.I.Title.II.Series:Canada close up  \n(Markham,Ont.)  \nGT4813.A2H832007j394.26971C2006-906677-9  \nISBN-100-439-93923-2  \nText copyright ◎2007 by Susan Hughes.All rights reserved.  \nNo part of this publication may be reproduced or stored in a retrievalsystem,or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,recording,or otherwise,without written permissionof the publisher,Scholastic Canada Ltd.,604 King Street West,Toronto,Ontario M5V 1E1,Canada.In the case of photocopying orother reprographic copying,a licence must be obtained from AccessCopyright(Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency),1 Yonge Street,Suite 800,Toronto,Ontario M5E 1E5(1-800-893-5777).  \n0708091011  \nPrinted in Canada  \n# Table of Contents\n\nIntroduction.  \n…………………………l  \n1. 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