CANARD

From the french word for duck, a canard is a joke or a hoax. You might refer to the old canard that all Scotsmen wear kilts or that all Englishmen wear bowler hats and drink nothing but tea.

Of course it is a canard that all people eat turkey on Christmas Day. Why, some people eat duck!

And a very merry Christmas to you!

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