1. Robert Burns statues appear in 9 Canadian cities. Only Scotland and the United States have more.
Robert Burns statue in Montreal
2. Wear a kilt and ski for free! Ski Wentworth in Nova Scotia celebrates its Scottish heritage with free lift tickets to those who wear a kilt down the hill.
Photo: facebook.com/SkiWentworth
3. You can't celebrate Burns Night without haggis! Each January Calgary's MacEwans Meats makes 4,000 pounds for Burns Suppers.
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/MacewansMeats
4. In Dawson City, Yukon, residents hold the "Double Bob Bash" each January. It's an evening celebrating Burns and the 'Bard of the Yukon' Robert W. Service.
Robert W. Service at his Cabin in Dawson, Yukon
5. Robert Burns Clubs exist around the world, but Winnipeg's dates back almost a century. Their first Burns Supper was in 1908.
Photo: http://winnipegrobertburns.org/
Now, pour a wee dram and salute Scotland's favourite son by reading one of his greatest works...
Photo: VisitBritain
My Luve is like a Red Red Rose
by: Robert Burns
O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.
And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve!
And fare-thee-weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' 'twere ten thousand mile!
